# Júnior (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,146 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,038 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 143,870 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.1% (1,986 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Júnior 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) | 33% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Júnior in Brazil.

## People named Júnior

- Caio Júnior, Brazilian association football player and manager (1965–2016)
- José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, Brazilian painter (1850–1899)
- Mauro Júnior, association football player
- Olávio Vieira dos Santos Júnior, association football player
- Silvio José Cardoso Reis Junior, Brazilian association football player
- Luiz Lúcio Reis Júnior, Brazilian footballer
- Cristiano Júnior, Brazilian footballer (1979-2004)
- Tristão de Alencar Araripe Jr., Brazilian essayist, literary critic, and novelist

## Similar surnames

Joyner, Joiner, Jenner, January.

## 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.