# Jamison (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jamison/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,697 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,270 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,147 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (26,476 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

"son of Jamie".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jamison in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 57% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jamison in the United States.

## People named Jamison

- Antawn Jamison, American basketball player (born 1976)
- Herbert Jamison, American sprinter (1875–1938)
- Jimi Jamison, American singer (1951–2014)
- Bud Jamison, Actor (1894-1944)
- Kay Redfield Jamison, American bipolar disorder researcher
- Judith Jamison, American dancer and choreographer (1943–2024)
- Leslie Jamison, American writer
- Ellen Kullman, American business executive, President and Chief Executive Officer of Carbon, Inc.

## Similar surnames

Jameson, Jamieson, Jemison, Jimison, Janson, Jansson, Johnson, Jenkins, Jensen, Jansen, Janssen, Johansen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.