How common is the last name Jefferson?

53,646 people in the United States have the last name Jefferson, about 1 in 5,572. It ranks #615 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

JEFFERSON

#615

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
53,646
About
1 in 5,572
This common or more
34.2%
Who bears it

Of the 53,646 people with the last name Jefferson, 71.6% reported their origin as Black, 16.9% as White and 5.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Jefferson

#613 Wilcox · 53,767#614 Carey · 53,736#616 Davenport · 53,635#617 Velez · 53,491

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jefferson, most common first.

#2,129 Jeffers · 16,537#54,637 Jepperson · 407

Also a first name

As a first name, Jefferson ranks #1,639 of 53,615, with 19,267 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2009, with 444 births. See Jefferson as a first name

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