Last Name JOHNS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of John, originally pronounced and spelled Jone.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland

Rank 656 (2000 US census) 614 (1990 US census)
Count 47,289 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 81.25%, or 38422 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 12.7%, or 6006 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.67%, or 317 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.98%, or 936 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.84%, or 870 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.56%, or 738 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Surnames that make great first names

We do not really know what surnames will make great first name. It is just highly subjective. What we can tell you is what last names historically been used as first name. We do not know if they will be great. We just know they have been at some time...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...


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