Jason is used as a family name or surname in Greek. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jason
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Healing

How popular is Jason?

Jason is common in England.

Jason is ranked 15428 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Jason bearers increased by 1.37741 per cent in 2010 US census to 4048 since 2000, the surname slipped by 510 spots and ranked at 8198. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.33 70.75
Black 22.46 21.61
Hispanic or Latino 5.16 3.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.46 1.93
Others 2.1 1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.38
Jason is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Marshall Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 34104 people have been found who wears Jason as their family name. Jason is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,179 Sri Lanka10
9,568 Thailand8
1,937 Vietnam8
6,940 Japan8
48,950 Moldova6
4,343 Bangladesh5
26,825 Georgia5
5,779 Uganda4
8,411 Costa Rica4
11,802 Egypt4
26,321 Israel3
2,550 Haiti3
22,232 Morocco3
127,708 Czech Republic3
50,640 Switzerland2
960 Saint Lucia2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
14,004 Hungary2
15,999 Slovakia2
1,472 The Bahamas2
17,547 Colombia2
1,151 Brunei2
10,211 Bulgaria2
26,532 Chile2
24,269 Peru2
13,552 Qatar2
10,395 Latvia2
6,900 Oman2
10,183 Jordan2
385 American Samoa2
4,781 Malawi2
23,858 Iran2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
2,505 Congo1
408 Åland1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
13,606 Senegal1
2,190 Barbados1
37,493 Austria1
4,249 Cambodia1
10,190 Bahrain1
2,374 Bermuda1
7,847 Albania1
168 Wallis and Futuna1
6,820 Angola1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
19,810 Croatia1
573 Vanuatu1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
36,814 Romania1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
58,885 Poland1
8,859 Iraq1
5,924 Paraguay1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,057 Isle of Man1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,057 Myanmar1
17,575 Kuwait1
16,283 Lithuania1
12,745 Luxembourg1
4,171 Rwanda1
9,498 Iceland1
3,993 El Salvador1
356 Eritrea1
3,350 Fiji1
4,435 Togo1
3,586 Honduras1
11,831 Tajikistan1
2,232 French Polynesia1
8,371 Syria1
531 Greenland1
1,179 Swaziland1
3,243 Suriname1
624 Solomon Islands1
1,572 Macau1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,525 Norway46
8,316 Portugal46
12,527 Denmark44
1,822 Taiwan33
2,806 Guyana33
492 Marshall Islands27
643 United States Virgin Islands24
71,920 Spain22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
52,719 United Arab Emirates18
58,753 Belarus16
1,286 Malta16
602 South Korea14
6,896 Trinidad and Tobago13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
6,180 Scotland85
5,365 Lebanon84
4,308 Ireland82
20,909 Zimbabwe75
9,394 New Zealand73
9,536 Finland72
32,530 Netherlands71
5,257 Wales68
72,032 Ukraine64
4,082 Estonia61
Countries with hundreds of Jason:
294 Namibia977
5,820 Kenya942
4,075 Australia741
9,211 Algeria714
14,568 France649
20,126 Brazil636
6,835 Canada618
17,127 Germany605
15,386 Turkey419
71,978 India356
1,338 Singapore325
844 Hong Kong320
7,729 Ghana320
14,944 Mexico262
38,861 Indonesia253
66,412 Russia199
2,043 Mauritius128
1,957 Jamaica125
15,938 Greece123
7,573 Sweden123
15,081 Belgium119
59,335 Italy112
Countries with thousands of Jason:
5,395 United States7,329
5,687 Nigeria4,127
5,699 Philippines2,449
2,228 Tanzania2,408
1,350 Malaysia2,226
2,958 South Africa2,192
3,994 Pakistan1,634
5,470 England1,323
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 31 years old workman William Jason who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on April 7, 1849 by Lady Constable put out from New Ross. Michl Jason (29) Workman, Mary Jason, aged 12, Ellen Jason, aged 10, 30 years old Thomas Jason, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

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Jason is a very uncommon name, represents a derivative of jas, topographic name from the Latin Jacia, cottage, barn, characteristic name of a locality became surname.

Jason Namesakes

  • Alec Jason, Actor
  • Leigh Jason, Film director
  • Kristoforus Jason Stefan Auryn, Jessyca Stefani Auryn's brother
  • Andre Jason Pugh, Disc jockey
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh, Actress
  • Leigh Jason, Film director
  • Benjamin Jason Horton, Politician
  • Braedan Jason, Swimmer
  • Neil Jason, Singer
  • Harvey Jason, Actor

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