How common is the last name Jones?

1,383,250 people in the United States have the last name Jones, about 1 in 216. It ranks #5 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

JONES

#5

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
1,383,250
About
1 in 216
This common or more
2.9%
Who bears it

Of the 1,383,250 people with the last name Jones, 53.1% reported their origin as White, 37.2% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Jones

#3 Williams · 1,561,395#4 Brown · 1,386,083#6 Garcia · 1,149,510#7 Miller · 1,129,186

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,890 Jonas · 8,864#14,007 Joines · 2,061#23,455 Jomes · 1,117#28,958 Joynes · 873#42,249 Jons · 553#56,551 Johnes · 390

Also a first name

As a first name, Jones ranks #4,862 of 53,615, with 3,692 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 332 births. See Jones as a first name

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