How Many People Have the Last Name Joy?
people had the surname Joy in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 21,978 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
+672 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Joy (78.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 8.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Joy ranks #2,009. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 82.8% to 78.2%, and the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander share rose from 4.4% to 7.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Joy grew from 12,741 people in 2000 to 13,413 in 2010 (up 5.3%), and its rank fell from #2,607 to #2,684. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 4.72 to 4.55 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 12,741 | 13,413 |
| Rank | #2,607 | #2,684 |
| Per 100,000 people | 4.72 | 4.55 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Joy
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Joy: J000
👤 Joy as a First Name
Joy is a first name too: about 106,732 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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