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    The surname Joiner

    A surname, carried by 16,349 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex J560

    Joiner: #2,228 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Joiner #2,228, 16,349 people Joiner: #2,228 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Joiner #2,228, 16,349 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Joiner is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,349 people named Joiner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,885 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,595.

    #2,228
    rank among US surnames
    16,349
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,134)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,219Foote16,42518,797
    #2,220Ennis16,41918,804
    #2,221Whiting16,41818,805
    #2,222Chadwick16,41518,809
    #2,223Adler16,41218,812
    #2,224Barney16,40418,821
    #2,225Ontiveros16,38218,847

    Who is named Joiner

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

    64% of people named Joiner identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Joiner

    Joiner has the Soundex code J560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Joiner?
    16,349 people in the United States had the surname Joiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,885 Americans. It ranked 2,228th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Joiner?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Joiner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Joiner getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,349 in 2010, up 4.8%.