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    The surname Jama

    A surname, carried by 2,907 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex J500

    Jama: #10,951 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jama #10,951, 2,907 people Jama: #10,951 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jama #10,951, 2,907 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jama is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    From the Arabic/Islamic surname, from جامع (“gatherer”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,907 people named Jama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,208 Americans. That is up 137% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,227.

    #10,951
    rank among US surnames
    2,907
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +136.9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,191)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,942McKinnie2,910106,098
    #10,947Vecchio2,909106,135
    #10,950Stabler2,908106,171
    #10,951Jama2,907106,208
    #10,953Carlucci2,906106,244
    #10,954Lamberth2,905106,281
    #10,956Bashaw2,904106,317

    Who is named Jama

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Jama identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Jama

    Jama has the Soundex code J500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Jama come from?
    From the Arabic/Islamic surname, from جامع (“gatherer”).
    How common is the surname Jama?
    2,907 people in the United States had the surname Jama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,208 Americans. It ranked 10,951st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jama?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Jama identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Jama getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,907 in 2010, up 137%.