# Jeans (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jeans/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,608 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,521 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 192,006 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.7% (1,652 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jeans in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Similar surnames

Janes, Jaynes, Janis, Janus, Jenness, Jeanes, Jahns, Jenks, Janusz, Jansky, Jones, James.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.