Last Name JOURDAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Jordan.
Origin English, Jewish, Haitian, Belgian

Rank 11,978 (2000 US census) 10,750 (1990 US census)
Count 2,393 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.39%, or 1852 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 14.21%, or 340 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 2.67%, or 64 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.09%, or 50 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.3%, or 79 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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