Jones is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Wales. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jones
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Wales
Meaning:

The history of the last name Jones is complicated and varied. The name can be traced back to medieval Wales, where it was a popular given name. It is also found in England and Ireland. The name Jones is also common in the United States, where it was brought over by early settlers.

There are many different origins for the last name Jones. Some say that it is a Welsh patronymic surname, meaning "son of John." Others believe that it is derived from the Old French word jones, meaning "young man" or "squire." There are also those who believe that the name Jones is a corruption of the Hebrew name Jonah.

Whatever its origins, the last name Jones is one of the most common surnames in the world. It is estimated that there are over three million people with the last name Jones in the United States alone.

How popular is Jones?

Jones is common in United States, England, Wales, Australia, Canada, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Jamaica, Scotland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Ireland, Liberia, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Tanzania, Germany, Northern Ireland, Spain, Barbados, France, Guyana, Bahamas, India, Belize, Brazil, Philippines, Kenya, Netherlands, Panama, Morocco, Dominican Republic, Portugal, Zimbabwe, Sweden, Mexico, Japan, Grenada, Chile, Belgium, Ecuador, Russia, Saint Martin, Switzerland, Oman, Tonga, Isle of Man, Jersey, Bermuda, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Denmark, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Italy, Venezuela, Guernsey, Suriname, Honduras, Greece, Malta, Norway, China, United States Virgin Islands, Fiji, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Antigua and Barbuda, Iraq, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Poland, Cuba, Ghana, Saint Lucia, Austria, Samoa, Guam, Paraguay, Czechia, Swaziland, British Virgin Islands, Djibouti, Botswana, Kuwait, Guatemala, Zambia, Cayman Islands, Israel, Colombia, Dominica, Uruguay, Northern Mariana Islands, Finland, Aruba.

Jones is ranked 208 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Joness grew by 4.6 per cent to 1425470 since 2000 however rank remains unchanged and the surname remained at 5 position. The last name was found in around 5 per thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 55.19 57.69
Black 38.48 37.73
Others 2.61 1.85
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 1 0.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.35
Jones is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 2581166 people have been found who wears Jones as their family name. Jones is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with millions of Jones:
5 United States1,661,804
Countries with hundred thousands of Jones:
2 England380,439
1 Wales170,633
2 Australia111,307
Countries with ten thousands of Jones:
14 Canada68,210
31 Sierra Leone37,365
263 South Africa25,988
31 Jamaica15,057
Countries with thousands of Jones:
70 Scotland9,908
3 New Zealand8,563
1,961 Nigeria8,089
127 Ireland6,396
108 Liberia5,502
1,031 Thailand4,864
34 Trinidad and Tobago3,800
1,074 Argentina3,688
2,198 Tanzania3,106
3,601 Germany2,950
99 Northern Ireland2,870
1,866 Spain2,850
9 Barbados2,644
3,211 France2,483
27 Guyana2,264
39 Bahamas2,114
20,377 India2,013
24 Belize1,801
6,847 Brazil1,205
14,965 Philippines1,175
4,214 Kenya1,155
2,239 Netherlands1,132
434 Panama1,110
Countries with hundreds of Jones:
5,588 Morocco988
875 Dominican Republic963
923 Portugal953
2,621 Zimbabwe866
1,034 Sweden829
4,711 Mexico802
8,056 Japan780
21 Grenada721
1,461 Chile706
2,537 Belgium695
3,176 Ecuador672
23,800 Russia657
18 Saint Martin655
2,218 Switzerland611
865 Oman610
37 Tonga525
3 Isle of Man473
2 Jersey462
10 Bermuda455
4,904 Malaysia443
1,892 Papua New Guinea436
126 Vanuatu433
1,276 Denmark428
27,561 Indonesia423
533 Costa Rica422
23,537 Italy406
3,102 Venezuela403
5 Guernsey397
126 Suriname396
870 Honduras395
4,449 Greece384
134 Malta373
1,590 Norway372
411 China362
27 United States Virgin Islands353
436 Fiji346
34 Saint Kitts and Nevis335
6,203 Peru334
14,320 Saudi Arabia318
363 Cyprus286
72 Antigua and Barbuda228
4,045 Iraq220
111 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines215
607 Hong Kong212
4,530 United Arab Emirates205
25,374 Poland204
2,224 Cuba202
11,370 Ghana199
186 Saint Lucia187
7,437 Austria183
373 Samoa162
146 Guam161
1,354 Paraguay159
11,594 Czechia154
460 Swaziland152
41 British Virgin Islands151
439 Djibouti150
2,860 Botswana149
3,584 Kuwait135
3,200 Guatemala128
9,362 Zambia128
81 Cayman Islands123
8,722 Israel121
6,472 Colombia116
160 Dominica111
3,620 Uruguay109
89 Northern Mariana Islands106
6,285 Finland105
137 Aruba102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25 Gibraltar95
77 Turks and Caicos Islands93
8,901 Uzbekistan93
936 Luxembourg92
2,406 Estonia88
50 American Samoa86
5,466 Afghanistan84
1,189 Solomon Islands77
3,432 Bahrain73
277 South Korea72
27,018 Romania67
22,920 Pakistan66
817 New Caledonia62
4,399 Qatar56
4,171 Singapore56
35,026 Uganda56
2,322 Angola54
23,201 Belarus54
19,475 Malawi54
16,213 Hungary52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,561 Taiwan50
35,946 Cameroon49
87 East Timor49
1,283 French Polynesia49
851 Iceland46
48,044 Egypt44
1,246 Brunei41
68,232 Turkey40
2,236 Vietnam37
13,482 Bangladesh33
122 Curaçao33
42,435 Kazakhstan29
1,776 Puerto Rico28
11,595 Latvia26
14,086 Lithuania26
2,724 Nicaragua25
148,627 Ukraine25
4,428 Sudan23
10,903 Haiti22
10,629 Lesotho22
9,138 Sri Lanka21
6,343 Togo21
67 Anguilla19
96 Monaco19
12,234 Albania18
24 Falkland Islands18
10,584 Lebanon17
225 Equatorial Guinea16
5,479 Cambodia15
365 Gambia14
17 Norfolk Island14
12,462 Azerbaijan13
834 Marshall Islands12
9,838 Namibia12
15,422 Slovenia12
3,666 Senegal11
22,440 Serbia11
57,527 Slovakia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
2,938 Mozambique10
36,710 Croatia9
3,802 Madagascar9
2,632 Rwanda9
8,246 Tunisia9
54,095 Benin8
16,405 Jordan8
441 Macau8
710 Greenland7
46,139 Ivory Coast7
55 Niue7
809 Liechtenstein6
12,065 Nepal6
18,907 Yemen6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Maurice Jones from Ireland aboard the Ottowa from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on May 12, 1846. Farmer Henry Jones, William Jones, Henry Jones, aged Born at sea, U Jones (25) , Merchant Richard Jones, 20 years old Mary Jones, 52 years old William Jones, Henry Jones (23) Wheelright, and 1610 other Jones around 43.83% of whom were workman while others worked as merchant and servant, joiner, mechanic, carpenter, miner, shoemaker, farmers, laborers &, mechanics, weaver, clerk, bricklayer, dressmaker, gardner/grower, miller, smith, spinster, bookbinder, draper, stone mason, house keeper, tailoress, blacksmith, mason, bootmaker, gentleman, baker, matron, founder, seamstress, farmers &, mother migrated to US.

From Italy

Laborer Fortunato Jones and laborer Peter Jones from Italy aboard the General Werder from Bremen. Fortunato is registered to be 28 years old when he arrived in USA on June 19, 1882.

From Germany

Of unknown age farmer U Jones who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on December 11, 1850 by Atlantic put out from Antwerp. Jn.Martin Jones, 5 years old Michel Jones, 40 years old Michel Jones, Niclaus Jones, aged 8, Susanne Jones (36), Joseph Jones (31), 20 years old Wilh.Louise Jones, Georg Jones, aged 28, and 89 other Jones around 49.15% of whom were laborer while others worked as servant and brewer, gentleman migrated to US from Havre, Unknown and Antwerp.

Jones Namesakes

  • Richard M. Jones, jazz pianist, composer, band leader
  • Kerry Jones, current Executive Director of the Constitution Education Fund Australia
  • J. V. Jones, British author of fantasy
  • Thom Jones, American writer, primarily of short stories
  • Edward G. Jones, American neuroscientist and a prolific neuroanatomist
  • Constantia Jones, prostitute
  • Howard Mumford Jones, American intellectual historian, literary critic
  • Edward E. Jones, influential social psychologist
  • Mara Jones, Canadian rower
  • Walter Burgwyn Jones, American judge, legislator
  • Thomas P. Jones, British-born engineer and publisher
  • Ebenezer Jones, wrote a good deal of poetry of very unequal merit
  • Ernest Charles Jones, English poet, novelist, and Chartist
  • Rhubarb Jones, DJ at WYAY "Eagle 106
  • R. Tudur Jones, Welsh nationalist and one of the country's leading theologians
  • Bobi Jones, Welsh Christian academic and one of the most prolific writers
  • Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and statesman from Savannah
  • Lewis Wade Jones, sociologist and teacher
  • E. Stanley Jones, 20th-century Methodist Christian missionary and theologian
  • Harriet B. Jones, first woman to be licensed as a physician
  • Richard Foster Jones, professor of English at Stanford University
  • T. Canby Jones, student of Thomas R. Kelly
  • Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer
  • Janie Jones, former English singer
  • Edward D. Jones, Edward David Jones Sr
  • Henry Stuart Jones, British academic and fellow of Trinity College
  • Charles Price Jones, Charles Price Jones, Sr
  • Jeffrey Max Jones, He graduated
  • Thomas Rupert Jones, British geologist and palaeontologist
  • Dewitt Jones, American professional photographer, writer
  • Henry Haydn Jones, Welsh Liberal Party politician
  • Joseph Merrick Jones, American lawyer from New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Shawnee Free Jones, actress and advertising model
  • Vivian Malone Jones, was one of the first two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama
  • John B. Jones, Confederate army officer and Texas Ranger captain
  • Henry Bence Jones, English physician and chemist
  • Jacobine Jones, sculptor
  • Elizabeth Orton Jones, American illustrator and writer of children's books
  • F. Richard Jones, American director, screenwriter, and producer
  • Charles Edward Jones, United States Air Force officer
  • Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst
  • Reginald Victor Jones, British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert
  • Thomas David Jones, former United States astronaut
  • Harold Spencer Jones, English astronomer
  • Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician
  • Georgeanna Seegar Jones, American physician
  • Ronald W. Jones, influential international trade economist and retired Xerox Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester
  • David E. H. Jones, British chemist and author
  • Jonathan A. Jones, professor
  • Jonathan D. G. Jones, and a Professor at the University of East Anglia using molecular and genetic approaches to study disease resistance
  • Chuck Jones, American animator, filmmaker, cartoonist, author
  • John Paul Jones, United States' first well-known naval commander
  • James L. Jones, James Logan Jones Jr
  • Diana Wynne Jones, British novelist, poet, academic
  • Terry Jones, Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter
  • Jennifer Jones, American actress and mental health advocate
  • Marion Jones, American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock
  • Brian Jones, English musician
  • Inigo Jones, 2 vols, London, The Roxburghe Club, 2006
  • Jerry Jones, American businessman
  • Shirley Jones, American singer and actress

Jones Namesakes

  • Richard M. Jones, jazz pianist, composer, band leader
  • Kerry Jones, current Executive Director of the Constitution Education Fund Australia
  • J. V. Jones, British author of fantasy
  • Thom Jones, American writer, primarily of short stories
  • Edward G. Jones, American neuroscientist and a prolific neuroanatomist
  • Constantia Jones, prostitute
  • Howard Mumford Jones, American intellectual historian, literary critic
  • Edward E. Jones, influential social psychologist
  • Mara Jones, Canadian rower
  • Walter Burgwyn Jones, American judge, legislator
  • Thomas P. Jones, British-born engineer and publisher
  • Ebenezer Jones, wrote a good deal of poetry of very unequal merit
  • Ernest Charles Jones, English poet, novelist, and Chartist
  • Rhubarb Jones, DJ at WYAY "Eagle 106
  • R. Tudur Jones, Welsh nationalist and one of the country's leading theologians
  • Bobi Jones, Welsh Christian academic and one of the most prolific writers
  • Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and statesman from Savannah
  • Lewis Wade Jones, sociologist and teacher
  • E. Stanley Jones, 20th-century Methodist Christian missionary and theologian
  • Harriet B. Jones, first woman to be licensed as a physician
  • Richard Foster Jones, professor of English at Stanford University
  • T. Canby Jones, student of Thomas R. Kelly
  • Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer
  • Janie Jones, former English singer
  • Edward D. Jones, Edward David Jones Sr
  • Henry Stuart Jones, British academic and fellow of Trinity College
  • Charles Price Jones, Charles Price Jones, Sr
  • Jeffrey Max Jones, He graduated
  • Thomas Rupert Jones, British geologist and palaeontologist
  • Dewitt Jones, American professional photographer, writer
  • Henry Haydn Jones, Welsh Liberal Party politician
  • Joseph Merrick Jones, American lawyer from New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Shawnee Free Jones, actress and advertising model
  • Vivian Malone Jones, was one of the first two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama
  • John B. Jones, Confederate army officer and Texas Ranger captain
  • Henry Bence Jones, English physician and chemist
  • Jacobine Jones, sculptor
  • Elizabeth Orton Jones, American illustrator and writer of children's books
  • F. Richard Jones, American director, screenwriter, and producer
  • Charles Edward Jones, United States Air Force officer
  • Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst
  • Reginald Victor Jones, British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert
  • Thomas David Jones, former United States astronaut
  • Harold Spencer Jones, English astronomer
  • Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician
  • Georgeanna Seegar Jones, American physician
  • Ronald W. Jones, influential international trade economist and retired Xerox Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester
  • David E. H. Jones, British chemist and author
  • Jonathan A. Jones, professor
  • Jonathan D. G. Jones, and a Professor at the University of East Anglia using molecular and genetic approaches to study disease resistance
  • Chuck Jones, American animator, filmmaker, cartoonist, author
  • John Paul Jones, United States' first well-known naval commander
  • James L. Jones, James Logan Jones Jr
  • Diana Wynne Jones, British novelist, poet, academic
  • Terry Jones, Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter
  • Jennifer Jones, American actress and mental health advocate
  • Marion Jones, American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock
  • Brian Jones, English musician
  • Inigo Jones, 2 vols, London, The Roxburghe Club, 2006
  • Jerry Jones, American businessman
  • Shirley Jones, American singer and actress

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