Last Name JAMIESON

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Meaning The son of James. The purely English Jamison and its variants are almost entirely confined to North England, and indeed the great majority are of Lowland Scottish descent. On the other hand, James as a surname is as often South English as North, which accounts for the multitude of its modern representatives.
The son of James.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank 4,546 (2000 US census) 4,822 (1990 US census)
Count 7,164 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.86%, or 6366 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.43%, or 389 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.71%, or 51 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.17%, or 84 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.74%, or 125 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.08%, or 149 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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