Last Name JONAS

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Meaning	The son of Jonas. Generally of Jewish descent, but in early use as an English first name. A dove.

Origin	English, Hebrew, Jewish, Spanish, Czech, Lithuanian, Irish, Croatian, Falkland, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	3,800 (2000 US census)	5,228 (1990 US census)

Count	8,572 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.14%, or 7298 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
9.29%, or 796 total occurrences, as black,
0.73%, or 63 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.8%, or 69 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 117 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.67%, or 229 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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