Jama
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Arabic/Islamic surname, from جامع (“gatherer”).
Proper noun
[edit]Jama (plural Jamas)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Jama is the 10951st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2907 individuals. Jama is most common among Black/African American (92.78%) individuals.
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]In western Finland, from jama through place names. In eastern Finland, probably from jaama.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Jama
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Jama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Jama | Jamat | |
genitive | Jaman | Jamojen | |
partitive | Jamaa | Jamoja | |
illative | Jamaan | Jamoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Jama | Jamat | |
accusative | nom. | Jama | Jamat |
gen. | Jaman | ||
genitive | Jaman | Jamojen Jamain rare | |
partitive | Jamaa | Jamoja | |
inessive | Jamassa | Jamoissa | |
elative | Jamasta | Jamoista | |
illative | Jamaan | Jamoihin | |
adessive | Jamalla | Jamoilla | |
ablative | Jamalta | Jamoilta | |
allative | Jamalle | Jamoille | |
essive | Jamana | Jamoina | |
translative | Jamaksi | Jamoiksi | |
abessive | Jamatta | Jamoitta | |
instructive | — | Jamoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Jama is the 2001st (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 421 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ج م ع
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish kala-type nominals