Distribution of the name 'James'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'James' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'James'
In the UK there are 39.860 phone book entries with the surname James and approximately 173.588 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname James is the 13. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Lothian: 3.570.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Strathclyde (2.692), Greater London (2.612), Central (2.521), Dyfed (1.724), West Midlands (1.548), West Glamorgan (1.306), Gloucestershire (1.123), Hereford and Worcester (1.045), as well as West Yorkshire (1.001).
The following surnames sound like James: Jones, Johns, Janes, Jinks, Jeans, Jonas, Jenks, Joynes, Jeynes, Jeanes, Jaynes, Jauncey, Joines, Jung, Jong, Jenns, Johnsey, Jancey, Jenki, Janice, Janjua, Jeenes, Janicki, Janusz, Junk, Jaines, Jens, Jansz, Johnes, Johnso.
The distribution of the name 'James' in other countries
Occurrence of the name James in the counties
| Lothian - The surname James is is the 2. most common name - 3.570 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname James is is the 2. most common name - 2.692 persons |
| Greater London - The surname James is is the 19. most common name - 2.612 persons |
| Central - The surname James is is the 20. most common name - 2.521 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname James is is the 8. most common name - 1.724 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname James is is the 27. most common name - 1.548 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname James is is the 10. most common name - 1.306 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname James is is the 17. most common name - 1.123 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname James is is the 22. most common name - 1.045 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname James is is the 88. most common name - 1.001 persons |
| Gwent - The surname James is the 10. most common name - 981 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname James is the 69. most common name - 929 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname James is the 28. most common name - 915 persons |
| Grampian - The surname James is the 6. most common name - 874 persons |
| Fife - The surname James is the 17. most common name - 834 persons |
| Kent - The surname James is the 44. most common name - 798 persons |
| Tayside - The surname James is the 24. most common name - 699 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname James is the 29. most common name - 676 persons |
| Dorset - The surname James is the 23. most common name - 627 persons |
| Essex - The surname James is the 43. most common name - 613 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname James is the 87. most common name - 579 persons |
| Surrey - The surname James is the 35. most common name - 574 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname James is the 13. most common name - 565 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname James is the 34. most common name - 534 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname James is the 29. most common name - 515 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname James is the 40. most common name - 477 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname James is the 24. most common name - 470 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname James is the 37. most common name - 460 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname James is the 63. most common name - 410 persons |
| Somerset - The surname James is the 19. most common name - 396 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname James is is the 58. most common name - 386 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname James is is the 28. most common name - 378 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname James is is the 61. most common name - 376 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname James is is the 26. most common name - 354 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname James is is the 56. most common name - 354 persons |
| Devon - The surname James is is the 45. most common name - 340 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname James is is the 24. most common name - 318 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname James is is the 37. most common name - 315 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname James is is the 5. most common name - 311 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname James is is the 50. most common name - 303 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname James is is the 66. most common name - 263 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname James is is the 62. most common name - 263 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname James is is the 30. most common name - 261 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname James is is the 55. most common name - 250 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname James is is the 88. most common name - 226 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname James is is the 73. most common name - 215 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname James is is the 44. most common name - 194 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname James is is the 41. most common name - 192 persons |
| Borders - The surname James is is the 4. most common name - 192 persons |
| Highland - The surname James is is the 32. most common name - 187 persons |
| Powys - The surname James is is the 20. most common name - 184 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname James is is the 57. most common name - 181 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname James is is the 29. most common name - 179 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname James is is the 78. most common name - 147 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname James is is the 17. most common name - 144 persons |
| County Down - The surname James is is the 55. most common name - 129 persons |
| Durham - The surname James is is the 110. most common name - 124 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname James is is the 38. most common name - 124 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname James is is the 25. most common name - 109 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname James is is the 30. most common name - 101 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname James is is the 13. most common name - 85 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname James is is the 55. most common name - 52 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname James is is the 69. most common name - 39 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname James is is the 114. most common name - 38 persons |
| Avon - The surname James is is the 27. most common name - 37 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname James is is the 91. most common name - 33 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname James is is the 112. most common name - 22 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname James is is the 64. most common name - 17 persons |
| Humberside - The surname James is is the 68. most common name - 10 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname James is is the 69. most common name - 7 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname James is is the 83. most common name - 7 persons |
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