How Many People Have the Last Name Jama?
people had the surname Jama in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 101,010 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+1,680 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Jama (92.8%) are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Black, Jama ranks #329. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 64.1% to 92.8%, and the non-Hispanic and of two or more races share fell from 23.5% to 1.2%.
Withheld: too few people to publish.
📈 Change Since 2000
Jama grew from 1,227 people in 2000 to 2,907 in 2010 (up 136.9%), and its rank rose from #20,191 to #10,951.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,227 | 2,907 |
| Rank | #20,191 | #10,951 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.45 | 0.99 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Jama
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Jama: J500
👤 Jama as a First Name
Jama is a first name too: about 1,442 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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