Jud is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jud
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

The Jud is variation of Judd. Possibly Jude, the Christian The Dutch Jode, a Jew, also sug gests itself; and if this be so, Judson must be equivalent to "Jew's son," Judkin to "the little Jew," etc.

Family name Jud is variant form of Judd. Descendant of Jude or Judah meaning "confession"; descendant of Jud, a pet form of Jordan meaning "flowing down".

Descendant of Jude or Judah meaning "confession"; descendant of Jud, a pet form of Jordan meaning "flowing down".

Surname is a variant form of the Judson. The son of Jud.

Form of Judson. 1. See Jude - This now unusual Christian name was more common in old times, and possibly gave rise to Judd, Judkin, and Judson

2. See Judd. Most of the Judsons, both in England and America, trace their origin to the neighbourhood of Leeds, and the surname is still common in Yorkshire.

Jud is the form of the Jutson. Probably a corruption of Judson. Though together with Jutting and Jutsom, it relates to a Jutish extraction,.

How popular is Jud?

As per 2010 US census, number of Juds grew by 8.75 per cent to 286 since 2000 and ranked 68770 after elevating 866 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.36 92.78
Black 3.85 2.28
Hispanic or Latino 2.45 0

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Henry Jud was 27 years old when he migrated to USA on May 13, 1850. He lived in Switzerland where he worked as farmer and took Zurich from Havre. 27 years old Marie Jud, Piere Jud (19) Farmer, 29 years old Christina Jud, 32 years old Joh.Math. Jud, Louise Jud, aged 5, Marie Jud, Mathias Jud, Carl Jud (5), and 64 other Jud around 70.21% of whom were farmer while others worked as baker and laborer, butcher, shoemaker, brewer migrated to US.

Jud Namesakes

  • Leo Jud, Swiss reformer
  • Jakob Jud, From 1922 to 1950 he taught classes

Jud Namesakes

  • Leo Jud, Swiss reformer
  • Jakob Jud, From 1922 to 1950 he taught classes

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