How common is the surname Jourdan?

2,612 people in the United States had the surname Jourdan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,203 Americans. It ranked 11,965th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Jourdan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,393 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,612 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Jourdan

A surname, carried by 2,612 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jourdan is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Jordan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,612 people named Jourdan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,203 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,393.

#11,965

rank among US surnames

2,612

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,978)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,957	Schillinger	2,614	118,112
#11,960	Abernethy	2,613	118,157
#11,965	Germann	2,612	118,203
#11,968	Holtzclaw	2,611	118,248
#11,970	Tadeo	2,610	118,293
#11,971	Goodrum	2,609	118,339

Who is named Jourdan

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

75% of people named Jourdan identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jourdan

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

Questions

Where does the surname Jourdan come from?: Variant of Jordan.
How common is the surname Jourdan?: 2,612 people in the United States had the surname Jourdan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,203 Americans. It ranked 11,965th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jourdan?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Jourdan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jourdan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,393 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,612 in 2010, up 9.2%.