How common is the surname Jamison?

27,697 people in the United States had the surname Jamison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,147 Americans. It ranked 1,270th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Jamison?

Antawn Jamison, American basketball player (born 1976), followed by Herbert Jamison.

Where is the surname Jamison most common?

Wikidata records people named Jamison in the United States.

Is the surname Jamison getting more or less common?

More common. 26,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,697 in 2010, up 4.6%.

Is Jamison also a first name?

Yes. Jamison is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Jamison

A patronymic surname, carried by 27,697 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex J525 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jamison is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

"son of Jamie".

Jamison is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,697 people named Jamison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,147 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,476.

#1,270

rank among US surnames

27,697

people in 2010

9.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,211)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,261	Lockhart	27,883	11,073
#1,262	Boggs	27,880	11,074
#1,263	Pryor	27,805	11,104
#1,264	Doherty	27,787	11,111
#1,265	Sargent	27,786	11,112
#1,266	Kenney	27,759	11,122
#1,267	Tuttle	27,751	11,126

Who is named Jamison

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

57% of people named Jamison identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jamisons

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1946
Judith Jamison
American dancer and choreographer (1943–2024)
Leslie Jamison
American writer, born 1983
Ellen Kullman
American business executive, President and Chief Executive Officer of Carbon, Inc., born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jamison

Jamison has the Soundex code J525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J525.

Questions

Where does the surname Jamison come from?: "son of Jamie".
How common is the surname Jamison?: 27,697 people in the United States had the surname Jamison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,147 Americans. It ranked 1,270th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jamison?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Jamison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Jamison?: Antawn Jamison, American basketball player (born 1976), followed by Herbert Jamison.
Where is the surname Jamison most common?: Wikidata records people named Jamison in the United States.
What type of surname is Jamison?: Jamison is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Jamison getting more or less common?: More common. 26,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,697 in 2010, up 4.6%.
Is Jamison also a first name?: Yes. Jamison is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.