The Jambon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 163 people carried this name — #108,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 156 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,218 people named Jambon.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 26 people named Jambon 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 Limburg.
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.
Who carried it
People named Jambon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcel Jambon 1848–1908 · painter
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Philibert Jambon 1741–1809 · prosthetist
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Louis Jambon 1808–
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Louis Jambon 1877–1967 · corps of armament
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Christian Jambon 1952– · politician
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Jan Jambon 1960– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jambon.
- Jalbert 2,306 · U.S. census
- Jam 209 · U.S. census
- Jama 2,907 · U.S. census
- Jamal 2,864 · U.S. census
- Jamar 656 · U.S. census
- Jambois 139 · U.S. census
- Jame 183 · U.S. census
- James 249,379 · U.S. census
- Jamgotchian 114 · U.S. census
- Jami 226 · U.S. census
- Jamin 179 · U.S. census
- Jaminet 158 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Jambon is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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