Jammet is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jammet
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: One form of the baptismal name Jacques frequent in Languedoc. Comes from the Latin Jacobus himself borrowed from the Hebrew (Jacob). When giving this name in the Middle Ages, it was thought more holy to both Jacques (especially the Greater, popularized by Compostela) that biblical patriarch. Jammet and Jamet are diminutives. James is also very focused in Normandy (14), another region where the first suffered the same phonetic evolution, we are of course in England.

How popular is Jammet?

Jammet is common in France.

Jammet is ranked 243431 on our list.

Jammet is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in France which may be its originating country too. Around 1325 people have been found who wears Jammet as their family name. Few people around the world have Jammet as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
340,120 Canada4
131,225 Spain2
19,046 Ireland2
95,312 Argentina2
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027 England32
619,004 United States17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with thousands of Jammet:
7,209 France1,212

Comments

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Leopoldo Waddy
Jammet is a fairly common surname in the southwest, short for jamme, representing the bearnaise form of Jacques, baptism name of biblical origin, derived from the Hebrew jaacob, with the sense of holding the heel .

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