The surname Johal
A surname, carried by 1,255 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex J400
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.
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
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
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%.