The Jama surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,227 people carried this name — #20,191 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
639 people named Jama have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 725 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in West Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Jama.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
99 people named Jama live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 68 people named Jama live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jama.
- Jakubczak 322 · U.S. census
- Jakubiak 593 · U.S. census
- Jakubowicz 397 · U.S. census
- Jakubowski 3,554 · U.S. census
- Jalbert 2,155 · U.S. census
- Jam 169 · U.S. census
- Jamal 1,774 · U.S. census
- Jamar 623 · U.S. census
- Jambois 144 · U.S. census
- Jambon 156 · U.S. census
- Jame 256 · U.S. census
- James 233,224 · U.S. census
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