How common is the surname Joyner?

29,884 people in the United States had the surname Joyner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,331 Americans. It ranked 1,177th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Joyner?

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American track and field athlete, followed by Kitty Joyner.

Where is the surname Joyner most common?

Wikidata records people named Joyner in the United States.

Is the surname Joyner getting more or less common?

More common. 28,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,884 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Joyner

A surname, carried by 29,884 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Joyner is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,884 people named Joyner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,331 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,216.

#1,177

rank among US surnames

29,884

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,134)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,168	Ratliff	30,083	10,263
#1,169	Sweet	30,051	10,274
#1,170	Talley	30,014	10,287
#1,171	Whitfield	29,962	10,305
#1,172	Crowe	29,953	10,308
#1,173	Goldstein	29,938	10,313
#1,174	England	29,926	10,317

Who is named Joyner

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

53% of people named Joyner identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 42%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Joyners

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American track and field athlete, born 1962
Kitty Joyner
American electrical engineer, 1916–1993
Owen Joyner
American actor, born 2000
Joyzelle Joyner
American actor-dancer (1905-1980)
Lisa Joyner
American television personality, born 1966
Sissieretta Jones
American soprano singer, 1868–1933

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Surnames that sound like Joyner

Joiner

Joyner has the Soundex code J560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J560.

Questions

How common is the surname Joyner?: 29,884 people in the United States had the surname Joyner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,331 Americans. It ranked 1,177th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Joyner?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Joyner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Joyner?: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American track and field athlete, followed by Kitty Joyner.
Where is the surname Joyner most common?: Wikidata records people named Joyner in the United States.
Is the surname Joyner getting more or less common?: More common. 28,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,884 in 2010, up 5.9%.