How common is the last name Jordan?

200,984 people in the United States have the last name Jordan, about 1 in 1,487. It ranks #118 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

JORDAN

#118

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
200,984
About
1 in 1,487
This common or more
18%
Who bears it

Of the 200,984 people with the last name Jordan, 58.5% reported their origin as White, 30.2% as Black and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Jordan

#116 Barnes · 206,431#117 Vasquez · 201,992#119 Simmons · 199,853#120 Alexander · 197,734

Spelled almost the same

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

#9,801 Jordon · 3,154#12,339 Jourdan · 2,404#15,262 Jorden · 1,852#92,936 Jordano · 212#116,252 Jordaan · 159#142,788 Jordin · 119

Also a first name

As a first name, Jordan ranks #101 of 53,615, with 452,330 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1990, with 22,094 births. See Jordan as a first name

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