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    The surname Judy

    A patronymic surname, carried by 6,962 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒuːdi/ 2 syllables Soundex J300 Also a first name

    Judy: #5,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Judy #5,040, 6,962 people Judy: #5,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Judy #5,040, 6,962 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Judy is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Judith.

    Judy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,962 people named Judy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,347 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,736.

    #5,040
    rank among US surnames
    6,962
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,789)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,031Barcenas6,97944,239
    #5,032Smithson6,97844,246
    #5,033Musick6,97244,284
    #5,034Bastian6,96744,315
    #5,035Qureshi6,96644,322
    #5,036Monteiro6,96544,328
    #5,037Jessup6,96444,335

    Who is named Judy

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

    94% of people named Judy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Judie

    Surnames that sound like Judy

    Judy has the Soundex code J300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Judy come from?
    From Judith.
    How common is the surname Judy?
    6,962 people in the United States had the surname Judy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,347 Americans. It ranked 5,040th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Judy?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Judy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Judy?
    Judy is /ˈd͡ʒuːdi/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Judy?
    Judy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Judy getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,962 in 2010, up 3.4%.
    What are other spellings of Judy?
    Judie.
    Is Judy also a first name?
    Yes. Judy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.