Last Name JONESON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of John or Johan, or Jone, as at first written and pronounced, bith masculine and feminine. In the 13th and 14th centuries Johan stood for both Johanes and Johanna. This being awkward, the masculine took the form of John (Jon), the feminine of Joan (Jone). But is it quite clear that for a time the sound Jone represented both. Joneson has become absorbed by Johnson. Indeea, Joynson is the only variant that remains.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 87,729 (2000 US census) 56,469 (1990 US census)
Count 197 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 87.82%, or 173 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.11%, or 14 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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