The surname Jamerson
A surname, carried by 5,273 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex J562
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,273 people named Jamerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,552 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,782.
Who is named Jamerson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
51% of people named Jamerson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 51%
- White (not Hispanic) 42%
- Two or more races 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Famous Jamersons
3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- James JamersonAmerican bassist (1936–1983)
- Dave JamersonAmerican basketball player (born 1967)
- Pharoahe MonchAmerican rapper and record producer, born 1967
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Jamerson has the Soundex code J562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J562.
Questions
- How common is the surname Jamerson?
- 5,273 people in the United States had the surname Jamerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,552 Americans. It ranked 6,440th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Jamerson?
- In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Jamerson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Jamerson?
- James Jamerson, American bassist (1936–1983), followed by Dave Jamerson.
- Where is the surname Jamerson most common?
- Wikidata records people named Jamerson in the United States.
- Is the surname Jamerson getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,782 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,273 in 2010, up 10%.