How common is the last name John?

37,363 people in the United States have the last name John, about 1 in 8,000. It ranks #919 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

JOHN

#919

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,363
About
1 in 8,000
This common or more
38.8%
Who bears it

Of the 37,363 people with the last name John, 34.4% reported their origin as White, 27% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 21.1% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of John

#917 Kumar · 37,459#918 Rush · 37,453#920 Cano · 37,355#921 Avery · 37,354

Spelled almost the same

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

#31,009 Jon · 802#51,280 Joan · 439#90,848 Johny · 218#109,465 Johan · 172

Also a first name

As a first name, John ranks #2 of 53,615, with 3,125,123 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1947, with 88,527 births. See John as a first name

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