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The JEREMIAH surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,244 19968 0 5
United States (1880 census) 153 23360 0 3
Change since 1880 +1091 +3392 +N/A +2
Other Countries
Australia 117 12348 0.001 7
United Kingdom 624 7549 0.001 14
Top States for JEREMIAH by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 176 12831 0.001 9
California 99 26929 0.000 3
Pennsylvania 96 17697 0.001 8
Oklahoma 71 6773 0.002 21
Hawaii 67 1855 0.006 55
Top States for JEREMIAH by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Hawaii 67 1855 0.006 55
Oklahoma 71 6773 0.002 21
Oregon 63 8071 0.002 18
Washington DC 8 7737 0.001 14
Rhode Island 14 12144 0.001 13

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called JEREMIAH live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called JEREMIAH represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called JEREMIAH in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a JEREMIAH by picking someone at random in Hawaii than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of JEREMIAH

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JEREMIAH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the JEREMIAH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of JEREMIAH in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 691 55.55
Black/African American 308 24.76
Mixed Race 95 7.64
Asian/Pacific 80 6.43
Native American/Alaskan 35 2.81
White (Hispanic) 35 2.81

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the JEREMIAH surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of JEREMIAH in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of JEREMIAH.

Similar names to JEREMIAH

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JEREMIAH.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for JEREMIAH

The following words are slight variants of JEREMIAH that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.