The Jamar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 656 people carried this name — #34,495 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 623 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Jamar surname
Probably an altered spelling of French Jamard. This surname is mostly found in Belgium.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jamar» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 771 people named Jamar 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Jamar.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Haute-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 Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Jamar live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Jamar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexandre Jamar 1821–1888 · politician -
Joaquín Jamar 1837–1887 · businessperson -
Pauline Jamar 1850–1911 · painter -
Edmond Jamar 1853–1929 · architect -
Armand Jamar 1870–1946 · painter -
Walthère-Melchior Jamar 1747–1833 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jamar.
- Jakubowicz 434 · U.S. census
- Jakubowski 3,513 · U.S. census
- Jalbert 2,306 · U.S. census
- Jam 209 · U.S. census
- Jama 2,907 · U.S. census
- Jamal 2,864 · U.S. census
- Jambois 139 · U.S. census
- Jambon 163 · U.S. census
- Jame 183 · U.S. census
- James 249,379 · U.S. census
- Jamgotchian 114 · U.S. census
- Jami 226 · U.S. census
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