Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents a list of the top 500 most common Jamaican surnames (last names) according to Forbears genealogy website (retrieved Nov. 1, 2022).
Information about Forbears is included in this pancocojams post.
The content of this post is presented for onomastic* and cultural purposes.
*Onomastics is the study of names.
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Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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This post is part of a continuing pancocojams series on names and naming practices in the Caribbean.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/list-of-most-common-black-jamaican-last.html for a 2016 post in that series entitled "Lists Of Most Common Black Jamaican Last Names."
That post has several visitor genealogical requests and replies about Jamaican surnames. Additional comments are welcome on that 2016 post, on this 2022 post, and on all pancocojams posts.
Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/05/100-most-common-black-american-surnames.html for the pancocojams post entitled "100 Most Common Black American Surnames (Last Names) From the 2000 US Census".
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INFORMATION ABOUT FORBEARS GENEALOGY WEBSITE
From https://wikitia.com/wiki/Forebears.io
Forebears is a genealogy website that catalogs online
genealogy sources by locality, but is primarily known for its surname mapping
feature. It is the 7th most visited genealogy website by visitor numbers[3] and
is based in Serbia.
Features
Names
The main service of the website is a facility displaying the
distribution of given names and surnames, their meaning and demographic
statistics relating to their bearers[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Initially,
geospatial data was available from the 1881 United Kingdom census, showing the
distribution of surnames by county. This was supplemented in April 2013, when
data from the 1901 Ireland census was added. In September 2014 Forebears
launched the first global surname mapping facility, covering 227 states and
territories. Prior to the launch, the largest mapping facility had been Public
Profiler, a project headed by the University College London's Paul Longley,
which covers 26 sovereign states. Since periodic updates have been made to the
facility. It currently covers 236 states and territories, over 27 million
surnames and is extrapolated from a database of over 4 billion people[12]. In
2019 data for over 28 million given names were added.
[…]
The data is used heavily by genealogists[15][16]
(particularly genetic genealogists) and referenced by around 100 members of The
Guild of One-Name Studies[17]. Name distribution data from Forebears has been
referenced in over 70 published academic papers[18]....
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500 MOST COMMON JAMAICAN SURNAMES (LAST NAMES) FROM FORBEARS
Pancocojams Editor's Note:
These names were retrieved from that website as of Nov. 1, 2022 from a list of 998 names. That list includes rank, surname, Incidence , and frequency. The list given in this pancocojams excerpt only includes rank and surname (with the highest ranking name given as #1).
Some numbers have multiple names because of the same incidences and frequencies resulting in some numbers being skipped.
https://forebears.io/jamaica/surnames
"Forebears knows about 45,470 unique surnames in Jamaica and
there are 63 people per name.
1 Brown
2 Williams
3 Smith
4 Campbell
5 Johnson
6 Thompson
7 Clarke
8 Thomas
9 Henry
10 Reid
11 Gordon
12 Robinson
13 Grant
14 Francis
15 Edwards
16 Lewis
17 Wilson
18 Davis
19 Anderson
20 Wright
21 Stewart
22 Miller
23 Walker
24 James
25 Morgan
26 Bailey
27 Taylor
28 Richards
29 Allen
30 Powell
31 Jones
32 Green
33 McKenzie
34 White
35 Jackson
36 Scott
37 Hall
38 Graham
39 Gayle
40 Watson
41 Bennett
42 Lawrence
43 Palmer
43 Simpson
45 Samuels
46 Hamilton
47 Dixon
48 Barrett
49 Daley
50 Morris
51 Nelson
52 Martin
53 Blake
54 Douglas
55 Mitchell
55 Walters
57 Harris
58 Bryan
59 McDonald
60 Chambers
61 Foster
62 Morrison
63 Ellis
64 Beckford
65 Rose
66 Spence
67 Murray
68 McLean
69 Lee
70 Forbes
71 Rowe
72 Wallace
73 McFarlane
74 Young
75 Chin
76 Shaw
77 Salmon
78 Russell
79 Sinclair
80 Ricketts
81 Malcolm
82 Dennis
83 Whyte
84 Roberts
85 Brooks
86 Gray
87 Kelly
88 Harrison
89 Mullings
90 Phillips
91 Burke
92 Spencer
93 McIntosh
94 Ferguson
95 Stephenson
96 Dawkins
97 Baker
98 Hylton
99 Evans
100 Cole
101 Pinnock
102 Bernard
103 Cunningham
104 Kerr
105 Patterson
106 Hutchinson
107 Blackwood
108 McLeod
109 Reynolds
110 Cameron
111 Barnes
112 Bell
113 Moore
114 Christie
115 Duncan
116 Peart
117 Levy
118 Harvey
119 Tomlinson
120 Black
121 Blair
122 Knight
123 Barnett
124 Buchanan
125 Sterling
126 King
127 Swaby
128 Hibbert
129 Marshall
130 Lindsay
131 Dunkley
132 Hanson
132 Jarrett
134 Griffiths
135 McPherson
136 Williamson
137 Pryce
138 Hunter
139 Hinds
140 Haughton
141 Lindo
142 Bent
143 Mills
144 Davidson
145 Holness
146 Small
147 Riley
148 Myers
149 Gooden
149 Wynter
151 Fearon
152 Simms
153 Sutherland
154 Hill
155 Farquharson
156 Burton
157 Scarlett
158 Howell
159 Turner
160 Bartley
161 Fraser
162 Lynch
163 Nembhard
164 Ebanks
165 Rhoden
166 Cooper
167 Ramsay
168 Chung
169 Stephens
170 Plummer
171 Facey
172 Crawford
173 Elliott
174 Vassell
175 Leslie
176 Tulloch
177 Dyer
178 Matthews
179 Lawson
180 Bowen
181 Burrell
182 Atkinson
183 Forrester
184 Grey
185 Linton
186 Dacosta
187 Fletcher
188 Collins
189 Carter
190 Alexander
190 Boothe
192 Maxwell
193 Hines
194 Hudson
195 Hewitt
196 Porter
197 Rodney
198 Parchment
199 Wellington
200 Drummond
201 Saunders
202 Wint
203 Fuller
204 Donaldson
204 Mason
206 Lowe
207 Golding
208 McKoy
209 Gardner
210 McCalla
211 Crooks
212 Simmonds
213 Cummings
214 Myrie
215 Dunn
216 Parker
217 Benjamin
218 Higgins
219 Fisher
220 Nicholson
221 Banton
222 Chang
223 Harriott
224 Sewell
225 Webb
226 Wedderburn
227 Adams
228 Osbourne
229 McBean
230 Ford
231 Lewin
232 Josephs
233 Senior
233 Tucker
235 Newman
236 Coke
237 Byfield
238 Burnett
239 Wong
240 Warren
241 Laing
242 Hemmings
243 Thorpe
244 West
245 Coley
246 Gregory
247 Chen
248 Anglin
249 Witter
250 Willis
251 Bogle
252 Maragh
253 Forrest
254 Allison
255 Marsh
256 Newell
257 Kennedy
258 Downer
259 Shirley
260 Perry
261 Gentles
262 Richardson
263 Pitter
264 Gibson
265 Sharpe
266 Townsend
267 Pusey
268 Neil
269 Minott
270 Manning
271 Archer
272 Robertson
273 Carr
274 Rochester
275 Ennis
276 Gibbs
277 Nugent
278 Lyn
279 Christian
280 Coleman
281 Munroe
282 Haye
283 Heron
284 McGregor
285 Mattis
286 Stone
287 Berry
288 Cooke
289 Fagan
290 Watt
291 Clayton
292 Roach
293 Waugh
294 Dawes
295 Murphy
296 McKay
297 Brissett
297 Duhaney
299 Goulbourne
300 Vernon
301 Dwyer
302 Ashley
303 Prince
304 Wisdom
305 Dacres
306 Hayles
307 Bruce
308 Logan
309 Steele
310 Pottinger
311 Parkinson
312 Weir
313 Cousins
313 McCarthy
315 Hyman
316 Cox
317 Hendricks
318 Ross
319 Lloyd
320 Irving
321 Creary
322 Guthrie
323 Haynes
324 Butler
325 McLaughlin
326 Muir
327 Coombs
328 Dawson
329 Bucknor
330 Mighty
331 Waite
332 Smikle
333 Moodie
334 Lyons
335 Binns
336 Wray
337 Wood
338 Davy
339 Shand
340 Austin
341 Webster
342 Armstrong
343 Silvera
344 Peterkin
345 Singh
346 Montaque
347 O'Connor
348 Solomon
349 Mowatt
350 Gardener
351 Barton
351 Panton
353 Hyatt
354 Bromfield
355 Duffus
356 Ward
357 Roper
357 Whittaker
359 Channer
360 Moncrieffe
361 Walcott
362 Isaacs
363 Parkes
364 Dunbar
364 Lambert
366 Hayden
367 Carty
368 Wilks
369 Noble
370 Peters
371 Murdock
372 Boyd
373 McLaren
374 Braham
375 Bonner
375 Tracey
377 Hart
378 Bramwell
378 McIntyre
380 Harding
381 Cowan
382 Ruddock
383 Pearson
384 Miles
385 Barnaby
385 McNeil
387 Bloomfield
388 Biggs
389 Mendez
389 Smart
391 Henderson
392 Welsh
393 Baugh
393 Baxter
393 Prendergast
396 Grandison
397 Pringle
398 Burgess
398 Curtis
398 Findlay
401 Briscoe
402 Rankine
403 Folkes
404 Dobson
404 Falconer
406 Chisholm
407 Cohen
407 Oliver
409 Headley
410 Moulton
411 Strachan
412 Rainford
413 Gallimore
414 Brady
414 Cross
416 Raymond
417 Smalling
418 Buckley
419 Stanley
420 Roye
421 Lue
421 Virgo
423 Dillon
424 Abrahams
424 Frazer
426 Downie
426 Pennant
428 Nesbeth
429 Livingston
430 Henriques
431 Sawyers
431 Valentine
433 Hyde
433 Satchell
435 Ingram
436 Tyrell
437 Fray
438 Howard
439 Earle
440 Fenton
441 Wilmot
442 Heath
443 Madden
444 Copeland
444 McLeish
444 Rattray
444 Samuda
448 Angus
449 Denton
450 Fullerton
451 Chong
452 Royal
453 Walsh
454 Todd
455 English
455 Stennett
457 Barclay
458 Gaynor
459 Charlton
460 Whittingham
461 Robb
462 Perkins
463 Stevens
464 Darby
464 Jennings
466 Melbourne
467 Dias
468 Ledgister
469 Roache
470 McDermott
471 Greaves
472 Nicholas
473 Smellie
474 Fowler
475 Blackstock
476 Codner
476 Messam
478 Harper
479 Cornwall
479 Shepherd
481 Oconnor
482 Gabbidon
483 Bowes
483 McKnight
485 Patrick
486 Meikle
487 Guy
488 Pearce
489 Hay
490 Bedward
490 Price
492 Grizzle
493 Heslop
493 Sanderson
495 Walton
496 Lodge
497 Mair
498 Fairweather
499 Ellington
500 Lopez
[... to 998]"
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Visitor comments are welcome.
For comparison, the top ten last names for Black Americans (African Americans/non-Hispanic) for 2010 were
ReplyDelete1. Smith
2. Johnson
3. Williams
4. Brown
5. Jones
6.Jackson
7. Davis
8. Thomas
9. Harris
10.Robinson
I haven't found any online race surnames information for the latest United States for the 2020 Census.