How common is the surname Juneau?

2,887 people in the United States had the surname Juneau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,943 Americans. It ranked 11,016th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Juneau?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Juneau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Juneau?

Cory Juneau, American skateboarder, followed by Solomon Juneau.

Where is the surname Juneau most common?

Wikidata records people named Juneau in the United States.

How do you pronounce Juneau?

Juneau is /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Juneau getting more or less common?

More common. 2,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,887 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Juneau

A French surname, carried by 2,887 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex J500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Juneau is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Juneau. The Alaskan city was named after Joe Juneau, whose French surname derives from jeune (“young”).

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,887 people named Juneau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,943 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,709.

#11,016

rank among US surnames

2,887

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,805)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,007	Hipolito	2,890	106,832
#11,010	Guardiola	2,889	106,869
#11,013	Gatti	2,888	106,906
#11,016	Juneau	2,887	106,943
#11,021	Bourassa	2,886	106,980
#11,025	Milazzo	2,885	107,018

Who is named Juneau

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

89% of people named Juneau identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Juneaus

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cory Juneau
American skateboarder, born 1999
Solomon Juneau
American mayor, 1793–1856

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Juneau

Juneau has the Soundex code J500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J500.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Juneau come from?: From French Juneau. The Alaskan city was named after Joe Juneau, whose French surname derives from jeune (“young”).
How common is the surname Juneau?: 2,887 people in the United States had the surname Juneau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,943 Americans. It ranked 11,016th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Juneau?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Juneau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Juneau?: Cory Juneau, American skateboarder, followed by Solomon Juneau.
Where is the surname Juneau most common?: Wikidata records people named Juneau in the United States.
How do you pronounce Juneau?: Juneau is /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Juneau getting more or less common?: More common. 2,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,887 in 2010, up 6.6%.