# Ju (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ju/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,502 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,423 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 123,399 people |
| Change since 2000 | +47% (1,701 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒuː/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ju in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 92% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ju in South Korea.

## People named Ju

- Joo Hyun, actor

## Similar surnames

Jue, Joy, Jay, Joe, Ji, Jo, Joo, Joya, Jia, Jha, Jew, Joye.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.