The surname Jew
A French surname, carried by 1,424 people in the United States.
Pronounced /d͡ʒuː/ 1 syllable Soundex J000
Origin
French origin
From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. The ending -ew underwent a similar evolution to that seen in Hebrew (ultimately from Latin Hebraeus) and Bartholomew (from Latin Bartholomaeus), albeit with loss of the -ud-. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,424 people named Jew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,816 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,390.
Who is named Jew
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Jew identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
- Two or more races 5.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Jew has the Soundex code J000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J000.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Jew come from?
- From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male…
- How common is the surname Jew?
- 1,424 people in the United States had the surname Jew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,816 Americans. It ranked 19,105th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Jew?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Jew identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Jew?
- Jew is /d͡ʒuː/, one syllable.
- Is the surname Jew getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,424 in 2010, up 2.4%.
- What are other spellings of Jew?
- Joo.