Last Name JEAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of John.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Korean, Irish, Basque, Creole, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	2,172 (2000 US census)	1,909 (1990 US census)

Count	15,321 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

31.68%, or 4854 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
55.47%, or 8499 total occurrences, as black,
2.34%, or 359 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.52%, or 80 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
7.61%, or 1166 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.38%, or 365 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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