How common is the surname Joya?

2,821 people in the United States had the surname Joya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,445 Americans. It ranked 11,204th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Joya?

Malalai Joya, Afghan politician, followed by Zahra Joya.

Where is the surname Joya most common?

Wikidata records people named Joya in Afghanistan.

Is the surname Joya getting more or less common?

More common. 1,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,821 in 2010, up 56%.

The surname Joya

A surname, carried by 2,821 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex J000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Joya is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,821 people named Joya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,445 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,809.

#11,204

rank among US surnames

2,821

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+55.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,995)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,196	Nally	2,824	109,329
#11,197	Domingues	2,823	109,368
#11,200	Sweeten	2,822	109,407
#11,204	Castille	2,821	109,445
#11,209	Noone	2,820	109,484

Who is named Joya

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

90% of people named Joya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Joyas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Malalai Joya
Afghan politician, born 1978
Zahra Joya
Afghan journalist and feminist, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Joya

Joya has the Soundex code J000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J000.

Questions

How common is the surname Joya?: 2,821 people in the United States had the surname Joya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,445 Americans. It ranked 11,204th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Joya?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Joya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Joya?: Malalai Joya, Afghan politician, followed by Zahra Joya.
Where is the surname Joya most common?: Wikidata records people named Joya in Afghanistan.
Is the surname Joya getting more or less common?: More common. 1,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,821 in 2010, up 56%.