St James Surname
Approximately 1,291 people bear this surname
St James Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 727 | 1:498,568 | 41,951 |
| Canada | 364 | 1:101,224 | 10,979 |
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| Australia | 62 | 1:435,415 | 34,362 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 142 | 1:353,653 | 27,017 |
St James (26) may also be a first name.
St James Demographics
Average Male St James Height
176.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
St James Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name St James Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name St James is found most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of St James click here.
How Common Is The Last Name St James? popularity and diffusion
The surname St James is the 295,398th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,644,885 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of St James are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. St James is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname St James is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 727 people, or 1 in 498,568. In The United States St James is primarily found in: California, where 15 percent reside, Missouri, where 12 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 28 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.
St James Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of St James has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the St James last name rose 512 percent between 1880 and 2014.
St James Last Name Statistics demography
The amount St James earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.56% more than the national average, earning R 391,056 per year; in United States they earn 23.16% more than the national average, earning $53,142 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.48% less than the national average, earning $46,961 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pst James | 94 | 2 | / |
| Stjames | 93 | 1,009 | / |
| Soto James | 89 | 1 | / |
| St-James | 88 | 154 | / |
| Soita James | 84 | 1 | / |
| Satjamas | 75 | 6 | / |
| Soto-Jaimes | 74 | 1 | / |
| St Come | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sdjamas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sie Tjam Soi | 60 | 4 | / |
| St-Come | 53 | 10 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to St James
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