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    The surname Jasmine

    A Persian surname, carried by 613 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex J255 Also a first name

    Jasmine: #36,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Jasmine #36,477, 613 people Jasmine: #36,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Jasmine #36,477, 613 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jasmine is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    From French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from earlier یاسمن (yāsaman), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman).

    One of 28 Persian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 613 people named Jasmine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 503,663 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 470.

    #36,477
    rank among US surnames
    613
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.4%
    change since 2000 (was #43,290)

    Who is named Jasmine

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

    57% of people named Jasmine identified as Black (not Hispanic), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.7%
    • Two or more races 4.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Jasmine

    Jasmine has the Soundex code J255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J255.

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Jasmine come from?
    From French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from earlier یاسمن (yāsaman), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman).
    How common is the surname Jasmine?
    613 people in the United States had the surname Jasmine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 503,663 Americans. It ranked 36,477th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jasmine?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Jasmine identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Jasmine getting more or less common?
    More common. 470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 613 in 2010, up 30%.
    What are other spellings of Jasmine?
    Jasmin, Jazmin and Jazmine.
    Is Jasmine also a first name?
    Yes. Jasmine is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.