Jefferson is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jefferson
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Means the son of Jeffers, one of the English forms of the first name of Germanic origin Geoffroy.

How popular is Jefferson?

Jefferson is common in United States.

Jefferson is ranked 6857 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Jefferson bearers increased by 7.433656 per cent in 2010 US census to 55179 since 2000, the surname slipped by 21 spots and ranked at 615. The last name was found in around 187 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 74.24 75.24
White 17.45 18.72
Others 3.54 2.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.47 1.57
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9 1.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.4 0.25
Jefferson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Cayman Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 78936 people have been found who wears Jefferson as their family name. Jefferson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
18,072 Azerbaijan9
9,568 Thailand8
7,022 Senegal7
1,377 South Korea6
1,346 Bermuda6
103,755 Czech Republic5
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
15,956 Venezuela3
8,993 Tunisia3
4,915 Panama3
1,389 Grenada3
30,723 Georgia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
16,605 Austria3
16,136 Kenya3
7,619 Ecuador3
3,224 Afghanistan3
14,078 Japan3
8,926 Cameroon3
19,093 Finland2
5,318 Iraq2
23,858 Iran2
41,879 Turkey2
1,389 Barbados2
8,995 Uganda2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
6,103 Cyprus2
18,035 Egypt2
7,299 Estonia2
17,692 Armenia2
10,211 Bulgaria2
1,151 Brunei2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
13,552 Qatar2
2,744 Rwanda2
6,900 Oman2
44,018 Poland2
89,020 Tanzania2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
90,903 Moldova1
7,847 Albania1
1,879 Belize1
6,820 Angola1
120,357 Argentina1
34,581 Chile1
613 Central African Republic1
6,033 Benin1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,715 Gabon1
11,923 Slovenia1
24,421 Slovakia1
5,872 Namibia1
17,575 Kuwait1
21,562 Portugal1
12,270 Lebanon1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
4,942 Libya1
17,768 Pakistan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
5,589 Sudan1
1,179 Swaziland1
7,790 Zambia1
42,479 Greece1
7,941 Guatemala1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
16,640 Hong Kong1
9,498 Iceland1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
2,057 Isle of Man1
8,268 Mauritius1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
133 Cayman Islands48
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
45,082 Spain45
43,851 Netherlands44
26,164 Sweden36
8,214 Singapore35
302 Saint Kitts and Nevis26
11,387 Ireland22
28,338 Norway20
2,413 China18
9,173 Nigeria16
29,040 Denmark15
272 British Virgin Islands15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
61,587 Ukraine77
17,456 Switzerland63
17,264 Israel59
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Jefferson:
10,556 Germany941
3,389 Australia910
3,402 Ghana879
2,015 Scotland354
17,476 South Africa347
6,650 Malaysia304
2,602 New Zealand291
37,175 France269
1,229 Northern Ireland238
1,424 Jamaica196
9,668 Peru185
19,046 Mexico183
78,100 Russia162
2,488 Wales158
58,806 Indonesia151
53,156 Italy134
8,698 Colombia122
146,997 India117
Countries with thousands of Jefferson:
1,743 Brazil8,856
1,575 England5,033
3,366 Canada1,398
1,423 Haiti1,112
14,316 Philippines1,031
Countries with ten thousands of Jefferson:
662 United States54,688
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 28 years old merchant Thomas Jefferson who was residing in Great Britain migrated to New-York on January 31, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. Daniel Jefferson (28) Immigrant, Mary Jefferson, aged 20, Born at sea Daniel Jefferson, 25 years old Car. Jefferson, Immigrant Bess Jefferson, 28 years old Mary Jefferson, Mick Jefferson (23) Workman, 18 years old John Jefferson, are other Jefferson that migrated to US.

Jefferson Namesakes

    Marshall Jefferson, American musician
  • Thomas Jefferson Conant, Author
  • Aisha Jefferson, Basketball Player
  • Carl Jefferson, Record producer
  • Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President
  • Paul Jefferson, Musical Artist
  • Thomas Jefferson Campbell, Politician
  • Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President
  • Amea Jefferson, Amile Jefferson's sister
  • Amena Jefferson Mebane, Brandon Mebane's wife
  • Amile Jefferson, Basketball Player
  • In 2013, Kiya Jefferson played the role of Ariyanna Stokes in drama movie Used to Temporary Happiness.
  • Matt Jefferson characterized central role of Thomas Difford in 2015 thriller flick The Downfall of Mr. Difford.

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