How common is the surname Jefferies?

4,953 people in the United States had the surname Jefferies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,335 Americans. It ranked 6,809th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Jefferies?

Chris Jefferies, American basketball player (born 1980), followed by Matt Jefferies.

Where is the surname Jefferies most common?

Wikidata records people named Jefferies in the United States.

How do you pronounce Jefferies?

Jefferies is /ˈd͡ʒɛ.fɹiz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Jefferies getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,953 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Jefferies

A surname, carried by 4,953 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛ.fɹiz/ 2 syllables Soundex J162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jefferies is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Jeffries.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,953 people named Jefferies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,335 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,973.

#6,809

rank among US surnames

4,953

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,306)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,805	Ballenger	4,956	62,297
#6,807	Benham	4,955	62,310
#6,808	Gilstrap	4,954	62,322
#6,809	Jefferies	4,953	62,335
#6,811	Toland	4,952	62,348
#6,813	Kurth	4,951	62,360

Who is named Jefferies

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

51% of people named Jefferies identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 44%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jefferiess

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Jefferies
American basketball player (born 1980)
Matt Jefferies
American artist (1921–2003)
Nikkita Lyons
American professional wrestler, born 1999

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jefferies

Jefferies has the Soundex code J162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J162.

Questions

Where does the surname Jefferies come from?: Variant of Jeffries.
How common is the surname Jefferies?: 4,953 people in the United States had the surname Jefferies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,335 Americans. It ranked 6,809th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jefferies?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Jefferies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Jefferies?: Chris Jefferies, American basketball player (born 1980), followed by Matt Jefferies.
Where is the surname Jefferies most common?: Wikidata records people named Jefferies in the United States.
How do you pronounce Jefferies?: Jefferies is /ˈd͡ʒɛ.fɹiz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Jefferies getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,953 in 2010, down 0.4%.