# Jonas (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,043 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,937 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,142 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.5% (8,572 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jonas 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jonas in the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Andorra.

## People named Jonas

- Nick Jonas, American singer, actor and musician
- Joe Jonas, American singer, actor and musician
- Kevin Jonas, American singer, actor and musician
- Frankie Jonas, American actor
- Joan Jonas, American artist (born 1936)
- Dusty Jonas, American athletics competitor
- Fran Jonas, Auckland cricketer
- Roberto Jonas, Andorran footballer
- Natasha Jonas, British boxer
- Sophie Turner, British actress (born 1996)

## Similar surnames

Jones, Johns, Joines, Johannes, Janowski, Jong, James, Jung, Jiang, Jaimes, Jang, Janes.

## 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.