# Juran (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 520 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,799 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 593,741 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.3% (580 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Jurán or Slovak Juran, from an old hypocoristic form of the personal name Jura.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Juran 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Juran in the United States.

## People named Juran

- Nathan Juran, American film director (1907-2002)

## Similar surnames

Jerome, Jiron, Jeremiah, Journey.

## 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.