The 100 Most Common Surnames in Jamaica (With Figures)

Surviving through time and generations thanks to how they are transmitted from parents to children, surnames, from our birth, become one more feature of our identity and in our letter of introduction to the world, thus being much more than what, in the identity document, accompanies the first name.

And it is that a surname is a reflection of our legacy, not only family, but also national. Because although obviously and luckily the cultures of the world come into contact and mix and despite the fact that we can always come across some more strange or peculiar, in each country of the world there is a series of surnames that, due to the cultural and historical legacy of the same , are repeated frequently, thus being a sign of national identity.

Studying this, which is already very interesting in itself, becomes a particularly enriching experience if we immerse ourselves in a country that, like Jamaica, being a Caribbean island nation with a population of 2.9 million inhabitants, has a strong cultural and historical identity. So in today's article we are going to discover, in the form of a ranking, which are the most frequent Jamaican surnames.

TOP 100: the list of the most popular Jamaican surnames

To make this ranking that we will present below, we have relied on a study published by forebears, the portal specialized in this kind of demographic analysis and which, after analyzing the incidence of the 45,470 Jamaican surnames in its database, produced some figures that have helped us to compile this TOP 100 of the most popular surnames in Jamaica. Let us begin.

1.Brown

The king of surnames in the country. And it is that 1 in 41 Jamaicans have that last name. With a total of 69,387 people surnamed Brown, it is the most common surname in Jamaica.

2.Williams

With a total of 62,754 people surnamed Williams, it is the second most common surname in Jamaica.

3.Smith

With a total of 46,785 people surnamed Smith, it is the third most common surname in Jamaica.

4.Campbell

With a total of 41,322 people surnamed Campbell, it is the fourth most common surname in Jamaica.

5. Johnson

With a total of 38,766 people surnamed Johnson, it is the fifth most common surname in Jamaica.

6.Thompson

With a total of 31,557 people surnamed Thompson, it is the sixth most common surname in Jamaica.

7.Clarke

With a total of 29,634 people surnamed Clarke, it is the seventh most common surname in Jamaica.

8.Thomas

With a total of 27,669 people surnamed Thomas, it is the eighth most common surname in Jamaica.

9.Henry

With a total of 26,471 people surnamed Henry, it is the ninth most common surname in Jamaica.

10.Reid

With a total of 26,117 people surnamed Reid, it is the tenth most common surname in Jamaica.

11. Gordon

A total of 25,335 people have the surname Gordon in Jamaica.

12. Robinson

A total of 22,900 people have the surname Robinson in Jamaica.

13.Grant

A total of 22,676 people have the surname Grant in Jamaica.

14. Francis

A total of 20,966 people have the surname Francis in Jamaica.

15. Edwards

A total of 20,359 people have the surname Edwards in Jamaica.

16.Lewis

A total of 19,897 people have the surname Lewis in Jamaica.

17.Wilson

A total of 19,653 people have the surname Wilson in Jamaica.

18. Davis

A total of 19,430 people are surnamed Davis in Jamaica.

19.Anderson

A total of 19,353 people have the surname Anderson in Jamaica.

20. Wright

A total of 18,878 people have the surname Wright in Jamaica.

21.Stewart

A total of 17,699 people have the surname Stewart in Jamaica.

22. Miller

A total of 16,888 people have the surname Miller in Jamaica.

23. Walker

A total of 16,517 people have the surname Walker in Jamaica.

24. James

A total of 16,417 people have the surname James in Jamaica.

25.Morgan

A total of 16,247 people have the surname Morgan in Jamaica.

26. Bailey

A total of 16,167 people have the surname Bailey in Jamaica.

27.Taylor

A total of 16,020 people have the last name Taylor in Jamaica.

28.Richards

A total of 15,917 people have the surname Richards in Jamaica.

29.Allen

A total of 15,895 people have the surname Allen in Jamaica.

30.Powell

A total of 15,456 people have the surname Powell in Jamaica.

31.Jones

A total of 15,057 people have the surname Jones in Jamaica.

32. Green

A total of 14,755 people have the surname Green in Jamaica.

33. McKenzie

A total of 14,429 people have the surname McKenzie in Jamaica.

34.White

A total of 13,924 people have the surname White in Jamaica.

35.Jackson

A total of 13,082 people have the surname Jackson in Jamaica.

36. Scott

A total of 12,807 people have the surname Scott in Jamaica.

37.Hall

A total of 12,726 people have the surname Hall in Jamaica.

38. Graham

A total of 12,654 people have the surname Graham in Jamaica.

39. Gayle

A total of 12,591 people have the surname Gayle in Jamaica.

40. Watson

A total of 12,391 people have the surname Watson in Jamaica.

41. Bennett

A total of 12,148 people have the surname Bennett in Jamaica.

42.Lawrence

A total of 11,962 people have the surname Lawrence in Jamaica.

43. Palmer

A total of 11,916 people have the surname Palmer in Jamaica.

44.Simpsons

A total of 11,916 people have the surname Simpson in Jamaica.

45.Samuels

A total of 11,106 people have the surname Samuels in Jamaica.

46. ​​Hamilton

A total of 11,091 people have the surname Hamilton in Jamaica.

47.Dixon

A total of 11,061 people have the last name Dixon in Jamaica.

48. Barrett

A total of 10,851 people have the surname Barrett in Jamaica.

49. Daley

A total of 10,769 people have the surname Daley in Jamaica.

50. Morris

A total of 10,735 people have the surname Morris in Jamaica.

51. Nelson

A total of 10,654 people have the last name Nelson in Jamaica.

52. Martin

A total of 10,398 people have the surname Martin in Jamaica.

53.Blake

A total of 10,269 people have the surname Blake in Jamaica.

54.Douglas

A total of 10,153 people have the surname Douglas in Jamaica.

55.Mitchell

A total of 9,492 people have the surname Mitchell in Jamaica.

56.Walters

A total of 9,492 people have the surname Walters in Jamaica.

57.Harris

A total of 9,436 people have the surname Harris in Jamaica.

58. Bryan

A total of 9,390 people have the surname Bryan in Jamaica.

59.McDonald

A total of 9,385 people have the surname McDonald in Jamaica.

60.Chambers

A total of 9,320 people have the surname Chambers in Jamaica.

61.Foster

A total of 8,781 people have the surname Foster in Jamaica.

62. Morrison

A total of 8,725 people have the surname Morrison in Jamaica.

63.Ellis

A total of 8,691 people have the surname Ellis in Jamaica.

64. Beckford

A total of 8,689 people have the surname Beckford in Jamaica.

65.Rose

A total of 8,500 people have the surname Rose in Jamaica.

66. Spence

A total of 8,194 people have the surname Spence in Jamaica.

67.Murray

A total of 8,057 people have the surname Murray in Jamaica.

68. McLean

A total of 7,683 people have the surname McLean in Jamaica.

69. Read

A total of 7,561 people have the surname Lee in Jamaica.

70.Forbes

A total of 7,246 people have the surname Forbes in Jamaica.

71.Rowe

A total of 7,169 people have the surname Rowe in Jamaica.

72.Wallace

A total of 7,148 people have the surname Wallace in Jamaica.

73. McFarlane

A total of 7,062 people have the surname McFarlane in Jamaica.

74. Young

A total of 7,028 people have the surname Young in Jamaica.

75.Chinese

A total of 6,915 people have the surname Chin in Jamaica.

76.Shaw

A total of 6,904 people have the surname Shaw in Jamaica.

77. Salmon

A total of 6,809 people have the surname Salmon in Jamaica.

78. Russell

A total of 6,782 people have the surname Russell in Jamaica.

79.Sinclair

A total of 6,699 people have the surname Sinclair in Jamaica.

80. Ricketts

A total of 6,365 people have the surname Ricketts in Jamaica.

81. Malcolm

A total of 6,225 people have the surname Malcolm in Jamaica.

82. Dennis

A total of 6,145 people have the surname Dennis in Jamaica.

83. Whyte

A total of 6,098 people have the surname Whyte in Jamaica.

84.Roberts

A total of 6,001 people have the surname Roberts in Jamaica.

85.Brooks

A total of 5,980 people have the surname Brooks in Jamaica.

86.Gray

A total of 5,714 people have the surname Gray in Jamaica.

87. Kelly

A total of 5,706 people have the surname Kelly in Jamaica.

88. Harrison

A total of 5,629 people have the surname Harrison in Jamaica.

89.Mullings

A total of 5,586 people have the surname Mullings in Jamaica.

90. Philips

A total of 5,585 people have the surname Philips in Jamaica.

91.Burke

A total of 5,479 people have the surname Burke in Jamaica.

92. Spencer

A total of 5,343 people have the surname Spencer in Jamaica.

93.McIntosh

A total of 5,339 people have the surname McIntosh in Jamaica.

94.Ferguson

A total of 5,317 people have the surname Ferguson in Jamaica.

95.Stephenson

A total of 5,312 people have the surname Stephenson in Jamaica.

96.Dawkins

A total of 5,272 people have the surname Dawkins in Jamaica.

97. Baker

A total of 5,151 people have the surname Baker in Jamaica.

98.Hylton

A total of 5,150 people have the surname Hylton in Jamaica.

99.Evans

A total of 5,067 people have the surname Evans in Jamaica.

100. Cole

A total of 5,058 people have the surname Cole in Jamaica.