How Many People Have the Last Name John?
people had the surname John in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 8,795 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+5,900 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname John: 41% are non-Hispanic White and 21.3% are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander share rose from 14.4% to 21.3%, and the non-Hispanic White share fell from 47% to 41%.
📈 Change Since 2000
John grew from 27,643 people in 2000 to 33,543 in 2010 (up 21.3%), and its rank rose from #1,161 to #1,034.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 27,643 | 33,543 |
| Rank | #1,161 | #1,034 |
| Per 100,000 people | 10.25 | 11.37 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near John
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as John: J500
👤 John as a First Name
John is a first name too: about 2,737,543 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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