How common is the surname Jonson?

1,780 people in the United States had the surname Jonson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. It ranked 16,219th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Jonson?

Jonson is /ˈd͡ʒɑn.sən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Jonson getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,780 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Jonson

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,780 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɑn.sən/ 2 syllables Soundex J525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jonson is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

From John + -son. A rare spelling variant of Johnson.

Jonson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,780 people named Jonson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,793.

#16,219

rank among US surnames

1,780

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,093)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,214	Loria	1,781	173,355
#16,219	Stennett	1,780	173,453
#16,228	Thiede	1,779	173,550

Who is named Jonson

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

61% of people named Jonson identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 61%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jonson

Jonson has the Soundex code J525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J525.

Questions

Where does the surname Jonson come from?: From John + -son. A rare spelling variant of Johnson.
How common is the surname Jonson?: 1,780 people in the United States had the surname Jonson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. It ranked 16,219th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jonson?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Jonson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Jonson?: Jonson is /ˈd͡ʒɑn.sən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Jonson?: Jonson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Jonson getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,780 in 2010, down 0.7%.