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The surname Johal

A surname, carried by 1,255 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J400

Johal: #20,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Johal #20,971, 1,255 people Johal: #20,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Johal #20,971, 1,255 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Johal is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,255 people named Johal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. That is up 71% since 2000, when the Census counted 735.

#20,971
rank among US surnames
1,255
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+70.7%
change since 2000 (was #30,091)

Who is named Johal

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

92% of people named Johal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Johal

Johal has the Soundex code J400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J400.

Questions

How common is the surname Johal?
1,255 people in the United States had the surname Johal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. It ranked 20,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Johal?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Johal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Johal getting more or less common?
More common. 735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,255 in 2010, up 71%.