How common is the surname Jorden?

1,939 people in the United States had the surname Jorden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,229 Americans. It ranked 15,194th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Jorden getting more or less common?

More common. 1,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,939 in 2010, up 7.5%.

Is Jorden also a first name?

Yes. Jorden is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Jorden

A surname, carried by 1,939 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J635 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jorden is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,939 people named Jorden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,229 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,804.

#15,194

rank among US surnames

1,939

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,024)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,194	Herzberg	1,939	159,229
#15,201	Munk	1,938	159,311

Who is named Jorden

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

60% of people named Jorden identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 33%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jorden

Jorden has the Soundex code J635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J635.

Questions

How common is the surname Jorden?: 1,939 people in the United States had the surname Jorden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,229 Americans. It ranked 15,194th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jorden?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Jorden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jorden getting more or less common?: More common. 1,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,939 in 2010, up 7.5%.
Is Jorden also a first name?: Yes. Jorden is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.