Are you looking for a comprehensive list of last names beginning with “J”?
We’ve used the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Census to compile 304 surnames that start with the letter J and have at least one thousand bearers of the name.
In the table below, you’ll see the total number of bearers for the name in each census.
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Last Names Starting With J
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Jaber | 2,303 | 2,601 |
| Jablonski | 7,336 | 7,469 |
| Jacinto | 4,251 | 6,238 |
| Jack | 13,990 | 15,256 |
| Jackman | 7,140 | 7,738 |
| Jackowski | 1,374 | 1,422 |
| Jacks | 6,077 | 5,946 |
| Jackson | 666,125 | 708,099 |
| Jaco | 1,969 | 2,237 |
| Jacob | 21,354 | 24,688 |
| Jacobi | 3,443 | 3,563 |
| Jacobo | 7,566 | 11,590 |
| Jacobs | 115,540 | 118,614 |
| Jacobsen | 18,831 | 18,820 |
| Jacobson | 44,874 | 44,808 |
| Jacobus | 2,288 | 2,383 |
| Jacoby | 9,225 | 9,372 |
| Jacome | 1,597 | 2,313 |
| Jacques | 12,942 | 14,417 |
| Jacquet | 1,199 | 1,421 |
| Jacquez | 3,562 | 4,105 |
| Jaeger | 12,298 | 12,436 |
| Jaffe | 6,029 | 5,865 |
| Jager | 3,445 | 4,356 |
| Jagger | 1,153 | 1,247 |
| Jaggers | 3,113 | 3,139 |
| Jagodzinski | 1,109 | 1,131 |
| Jahn | 4,770 | 4,850 |
| Jahnke | 4,051 | 4,035 |
| Jahns | 1,062 | 1,069 |
| Jaime | 10,151 | 13,532 |
| Jaimes | 10,661 | 17,573 |
| Jaimez | 1,132 | 1,142 |
| Jain | 5,996 | 11,626 |
| Jakes | 1,441 | 1,405 |
| Jakubowski | 3,554 | 3,513 |
| Jalbert | 2,155 | 2,306 |
| Jama | 1,227 | 2,907 |
| Jamal | 1,774 | 2,864 |
| Jamerson | 4,782 | 5,273 |
| James | 233,224 | 249,379 |
| Jameson | 12,868 | 13,255 |
| Jamieson | 7,164 | 7,338 |
| Jamil | 1,238 | 1,484 |
| Jamison | 26,476 | 27,697 |
| Jan | 1,809 | 2,046 |
| Janak | 1,169 | 1,162 |
| Janda | 2,408 | 2,654 |
| Jandreau | 1,141 | 1,223 |
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Janecek | 1,186 | 1,207 |
| Janes | 7,489 | 7,659 |
| Jang | 5,776 | 9,125 |
| Jani | 1,134 | 1,704 |
| Janicki | 1,964 | 1,940 |
| Janik | 3,017 | 3,265 |
| Janis | 3,814 | 4,233 |
| Janisch | 1,202 | 1,233 |
| Janiszewski | 1,192 | 1,159 |
| Janke | 4,062 | 3,977 |
| Jankowski | 9,060 | 8,970 |
| Janney | 2,373 | 2,466 |
| Janowski | 2,020 | 2,047 |
| Jansen | 16,036 | 16,596 |
| Jansky | 1,068 | 1,063 |
| Janson | 3,865 | 3,930 |
| Janssen | 10,720 | 11,423 |
| Jansson | 1,244 | 1,463 |
| Jantz | 2,906 | 3,005 |
| Jantzen | 1,557 | 1,590 |
| January | 2,347 | 2,538 |
| Janus | 2,118 | 2,172 |
| Janusz | 1,115 | 1,117 |
| Janz | 1,252 | 1,171 |
| Janzen | 2,960 | 3,072 |
| Jaques | 3,067 | 3,224 |
| Jaquez | 5,934 | 8,281 |
| Jara | 6,359 | 8,790 |
| Jaramillo | 28,024 | 36,755 |
| Jarboe | 2,662 | 2,822 |
| Jardine | 3,667 | 3,973 |
| Jared | 1,728 | 2,075 |
| Jarman | 6,079 | 6,351 |
| Jarmon | 2,399 | 2,717 |
| Jarnagin | 1,934 | 2,077 |
| Jaros | 1,661 | 1,690 |
| Jarosz | 2,698 | 2,760 |
| Jarquin | 1,825 | 3,132 |
| Jarrard | 1,946 | 1,887 |
| Jarreau | 1,374 | 1,402 |
| Jarrell | 13,224 | 13,562 |
| Jarrett | 20,449 | 21,821 |
| Jarvi | 1,205 | 1,240 |
| Jarvis | 34,050 | 35,350 |
| Jasinski | 3,726 | 3,679 |
| Jasmin | 1,649 | 2,064 |
| Jason | 3,993 | 4,048 |
| Jasper | 9,125 | 9,632 |
| Jasso | 9,938 | 13,318 |
| Jauregui | 9,210 | 12,783 |
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Javier | 6,594 | 9,226 |
| Jaworski | 4,909 | 4,865 |
| Jay | 9,771 | 9,852 |
| Jaycox | 1,175 | 1,152 |
| Jayne | 3,131 | 3,134 |
| Jaynes | 5,667 | 5,741 |
| Jean | 15,321 | 21,140 |
| Jeanbaptiste | 4,646 | 7,915 |
| Jeancharles | 1,040 | 1,681 |
| Jeanes | 1,068 | 1,295 |
| Jeanlouis | 3,124 | 4,891 |
| Jeanpierre | 2,584 | 3,990 |
| Jeans | 1,652 | 1,608 |
| Jeansonne | 1,261 | 1,339 |
| Jeanty | 1,232 | 1,870 |
| Jedlicka | 1,113 | 1,150 |
| Jeffcoat | 4,172 | 4,406 |
| Jefferies | 4,973 | 4,953 |
| Jefferis | 1,027 | 1,117 |
| Jeffers | 16,895 | 17,455 |
| Jefferson | 51,361 | 55,179 |
| Jeffery | 9,048 | 9,766 |
| Jeffords | 2,096 | 2,179 |
| Jeffrey | 10,925 | 11,085 |
| Jeffreys | 3,380 | 3,308 |
| Jeffries | 22,839 | 23,510 |
| Jeffs | 1,417 | 1,632 |
| Jelinek | 2,847 | 2,924 |
| Jelks | 1,912 | 2,093 |
| Jellison | 2,346 | 2,361 |
| Jemison | 3,608 | 3,797 |
| Jen | 1,258 | 1,371 |
| Jenkin | 1,383 | 1,219 |
| Jenkins | 213,737 | 222,653 |
| Jenkinson | 1,830 | 1,920 |
| Jenks | 7,138 | 7,396 |
| Jenne | 1,384 | 1,311 |
| Jenner | 2,467 | 2,574 |
| Jenness | 1,364 | 1,393 |
| Jennette | 1,643 | 1,844 |
| Jennings | 87,038 | 89,700 |
| Jenny | 1,453 | 1,432 |
| Jensen | 112,332 | 115,679 |
| Jenson | 7,532 | 7,956 |
| Jent | 1,619 | 1,630 |
| Jeon | 2,126 | 4,253 |
| Jeong | 2,826 | 5,404 |
| Jeppesen | 1,335 | 1,398 |
| Jeppson | 1,182 | 1,381 |
| Jepsen | 2,718 | 2,772 |
| Jepson | 3,003 | 3,157 |
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Jeremiah | 1,244 | 1,579 |
| Jerez | 2,842 | 4,074 |
| Jerkins | 1,409 | 1,653 |
| Jerman | 1,207 | 1,196 |
| Jernigan | 15,298 | 15,889 |
| Jerome | 8,179 | 9,131 |
| Jeronimo | 1,205 | 2,641 |
| Jerrell | 1,014 | 1,006 |
| Jerry | 2,530 | 2,679 |
| Jervis | 1,448 | 1,572 |
| Jeske | 3,095 | 3,015 |
| Jespersen | 1,270 | 1,285 |
| Jess | 1,561 | 1,582 |
| Jesse | 3,723 | 3,855 |
| Jessee | 3,952 | 4,108 |
| Jessen | 4,276 | 4,553 |
| Jessie | 3,828 | 3,916 |
| Jessop | 2,810 | 3,965 |
| Jessup | 7,028 | 6,964 |
| Jester | 7,407 | 7,587 |
| Jesus | 1,765 | 2,033 |
| Jeter | 12,419 | 13,198 |
| Jett | 11,275 | 12,008 |
| Jette | 1,463 | 1,500 |
| Jetter | 1,213 | 1,045 |
| Jetton | 1,990 | 2,023 |
| Jew | 1,390 | 1,424 |
| Jewell | 23,143 | 23,187 |
| Jewett | 8,030 | 8,330 |
| Ji | 2,100 | 4,039 |
| Jiang | 8,582 | 19,409 |
| Jiles | 4,086 | 4,441 |
| Jim | 3,327 | 3,544 |
| Jimenes | 2,361 | 2,555 |
| Jimenez | 157,475 | 227,118 |
| Jimerson | 3,439 | 3,548 |
| Jiminez | 2,848 | 3,108 |
| Jimison | 1,136 | 1,282 |
| Jimmerson | 1,853 | 2,038 |
| Jin | 5,186 | 10,432 |
| Jinks | 2,694 | 2,665 |
| Jiron | 2,187 | 2,494 |
| Jo | 2,517 | 3,588 |
| Joachim | 2,037 | 2,395 |
| Joaquin | 2,592 | 3,559 |
| Job | 2,266 | 2,470 |
| Jobe | 7,977 | 8,536 |
| Jobes | 1,515 | 1,461 |
| Jobson | 1,071 | 1,152 |
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Jock | 1,301 | 1,429 |
| Joe | 8,382 | 9,280 |
| Joel | 1,224 | 1,426 |
| Johannes | 3,378 | 3,455 |
| Johannsen | 2,482 | 2,604 |
| Johansen | 9,509 | 9,815 |
| Johanson | 5,028 | 5,061 |
| Johansson | 2,429 | 2,698 |
| John | 27,643 | 33,543 |
| Johns | 47,289 | 47,246 |
| Johnsen | 7,381 | 7,831 |
| Johnson | 1,857,160 | 1,932,812 |
| Johnston | 128,935 | 131,373 |
| Johnstone | 7,227 | 7,313 |
| Joiner | 15,595 | 16,349 |
| Joines | 2,097 | 2,131 |
| Jojola | 1,005 | 1,052 |
| Jolicoeur | 1,178 | 1,359 |
| Jolin | 1,263 | 1,405 |
| Jolley | 9,126 | 9,392 |
| Jolliff | 2,121 | 2,144 |
| Jolly | 15,166 | 15,827 |
| Joly | 1,305 | 1,434 |
| Jonas | 8,572 | 9,043 |
| Jones | 1,362,755 | 1,425,470 |
| Jong | 1,062 | 1,126 |
| Jonson | 1,793 | 1,780 |
| Joo | 2,174 | 3,121 |
| Joos | 1,183 | 1,243 |
| Joplin | 2,019 | 2,107 |
| Jordahl | 1,217 | 1,023 |
| Jordan | 197,212 | 208,403 |
| Jorden | 1,804 | 1,939 |
| Jordon | 5,165 | 4,052 |
| Jorge | 4,855 | 6,236 |
| Jorgensen | 19,906 | 20,731 |
| Jorgenson | 7,150 | 7,551 |
| Jose | 7,389 | 10,697 |
| Joseph | 80,030 | 100,959 |
| Josephs | 1,992 | 2,168 |
| Josephson | 3,663 | 3,590 |
| Josey | 3,883 | 4,131 |
| Joshi | 5,478 | 10,089 |
| Joshua | 2,852 | 3,403 |
| Joslin | 6,803 | 6,868 |
| Joslyn | 2,532 | 2,581 |
| Jost | 3,972 | 4,104 |
| Joubert | 3,249 | 3,428 |
| Jourdan | 2,393 | 2,612 |
| Journey | 1,412 | 1,529 |
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Jovanovic | 1,179 | 1,521 |
| Jovel | 1,483 | 2,275 |
| Jowers | 3,191 | 3,320 |
| Joy | 12,741 | 13,413 |
| Joya | 1,809 | 2,821 |
| Joyal | 1,655 | 1,614 |
| Joyce | 33,843 | 34,132 |
| Joye | 1,186 | 1,268 |
| Joyner | 28,216 | 29,884 |
| Jozwiak | 2,095 | 2,023 |
| Ju | 1,701 | 2,502 |
| Juan | 4,811 | 7,350 |
| Juarez | 68,785 | 101,949 |
| Judah | 1,098 | 1,186 |
| Judd | 17,532 | 18,110 |
| Jude | 2,484 | 2,662 |
| Judge | 10,091 | 10,453 |
| Judice | 1,132 | 1,154 |
| Judkins | 5,294 | 5,442 |
| Judson | 4,253 | 4,422 |
| Judy | 6,736 | 6,962 |
| Jue | 1,318 | 1,393 |
| Juergens | 1,776 | 1,726 |
| Juhasz | 1,326 | 1,310 |
| Juhl | 2,123 | 2,177 |
| Jules | 2,050 | 2,911 |
| Julian | 14,625 | 15,520 |
| Juliano | 4,612 | 4,735 |
| Julien | 4,399 | 5,535 |
| Julius | 3,403 | 3,628 |
| Jump | 3,907 | 3,999 |
| Jumper | 3,356 | 3,360 |
| Jun | 3,134 | 4,059 |
| June | 3,859 | 4,091 |
| Juneau | 2,709 | 2,887 |
| Jung | 17,395 | 24,026 |
| Junge | 1,512 | 1,483 |
| Junior | 1,986 | 2,146 |
| Junk | 1,179 | 1,120 |
| Junker | 2,579 | 2,733 |
| Junkin | 1,153 | 1,243 |
| Junkins | 1,671 | 1,651 |
| Jurado | 6,809 | 9,309 |
| Jurek | 2,111 | 2,370 |
| Jurgens | 3,173 | 3,235 |
| Jurgensen | 1,914 | 2,016 |
| Jury | 2,152 | 2,193 |
| Jusino | 1,488 | 1,798 |
| Just | 3,714 | 3,769 |
| Justice | 30,956 | 32,480 |
| Justin | 2,792 | 3,109 |
| Justiniano | 1,837 | 2,481 |
| Justis | 1,377 | 1,301 |
| Justo | 1,020 | 1,585 |
| Justus | 6,649 | 6,821 |
