How rare is the last name Jameson?

12,595 people in the United States have the last name Jameson, about 1 in 23,731. It ranks #2,785 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

JAMESON

#2,785

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,595
About
1 in 23,731
This common or more
51.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,595 people with the last name Jameson, 81.9% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Jameson

#2,783 Garvin · 12,603#2,784 Hossain · 12,599#2,786 Cintron · 12,594#2,787 Westfall · 12,591

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jameson, most common first.

#1,307 Jamison · 26,400#4,757 Jamieson · 7,205#8,565 Janson · 3,687#21,430 Jansson · 1,243#100,469 Jameison · 192#108,494 Jamason · 174

Also a first name

As a first name, Jameson ranks #1,092 of 53,615, with 37,850 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2019, with 4,708 births. See Jameson as a first name

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