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Origin Of The Surname James
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Meaning Of The Surname James
Descendant of Jacob
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Interesting
Facts About
James
James is a patronymic surname which means it was given to the members of a household to pass down the father’s name. This also often included servants and slaves taking on the surname of their masters, which lead to a rise in English surnames and a fall in foreign surnames until the 19th century in English speaking countries. James as a given name is a variant of Jacob and therefore the surname James means descendant of Jacob, which is of Hebrew origin. Alex James is a Scottish football player. |
James Statistics
James is the number 28 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 151,855 share the surname James in the UK.
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