# Jeremiah (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,579 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,745 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 195,532 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (1,244 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/, 4 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jeremiah 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) | 46% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 9.1% |

## Similar surnames

Jerome, Jiron, Journey, Juran.

## 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.