How common is the surname Jaros?

1,690 people in the United States had the surname Jaros in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. It ranked 16,868th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jaros?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Jaros identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jaros?

Tony Jaros, American basketball player (1920–1995).

Where is the surname Jaros most common?

Wikidata records people named Jaros in the United States.

Is the surname Jaros getting more or less common?

More common. 1,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,690 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Jaros

A Czech surname, carried by 1,690 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jaros is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

A surname from Czech, Hungarian, Polish, or Slovak.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,690 people named Jaros in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,661.

#16,868

rank among US surnames

1,690

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,035)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,860	Cermak	1,692	182,474
#16,864	Doyal	1,691	182,582
#16,868	Chmiel	1,690	182,690
#16,876	Melnik	1,689	182,798

Who is named Jaros

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Jaros identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jaross

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony Jaros
American basketball player (1920–1995)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jaros

Jaros has the Soundex code J620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J620.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jaros come from?: Jaros is Czech in origin.
How common is the surname Jaros?: 1,690 people in the United States had the surname Jaros in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. It ranked 16,868th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jaros?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Jaros identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jaros?: Tony Jaros, American basketball player (1920–1995).
Where is the surname Jaros most common?: Wikidata records people named Jaros in the United States.
Is the surname Jaros getting more or less common?: More common. 1,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,690 in 2010, up 1.7%.