How common is the surname Ju?

2,502 people in the United States had the surname Ju in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,399 Americans. It ranked 12,423rd of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Ju most common?

Wikidata records people named Ju in South Korea.

How do you pronounce Ju?

Ju is /d͡ʒuː/, one syllable.

Is the surname Ju getting more or less common?

More common. 1,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,502 in 2010, up 47%.

The surname Ju

A Chinese occupational surname, carried by 2,502 people in the United States.

Pronounced /d͡ʒuː/ 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). Ju is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

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

Ju is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,502 people named Ju in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,399 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,701.

#12,423

rank among US surnames

2,502

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+47.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,752)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,417	Vanetten	2,504	123,301
#12,421	Nicoll	2,503	123,350
#12,423	Ju	2,502	123,399
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548

Who is named Ju

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

92% of people named Ju identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Jus

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joo Hyun
Actor, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Ju

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

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ju come from?: From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).
How common is the surname Ju?: 2,502 people in the United States had the surname Ju in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,399 Americans. It ranked 12,423rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ju?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ju identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ju?: Joo Hyun, actor.
Where is the surname Ju most common?: Wikidata records people named Ju in South Korea.
How do you pronounce Ju?: Ju is /d͡ʒuː/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Ju?: Ju is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Ju getting more or less common?: More common. 1,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,502 in 2010, up 47%.