165 most common Asian and Pacific Islander last names beginning with J

In this section we'll look at the most popular Asian and Pacific Islander last names beginning with J in the United States. These names are people who self-identified as "Asian and Pacific Islander" in the Decennial Census survey.

Most popular Asian and Pacific Islander last name beginning with J

Currently, the most popular Asian and Pacific Islander last name beginning with J in America is Jung, with a total count of 24,026 people who have the surname. The surname Jung occurs roughly 8 times per 100,000 people in the U.S.

The table below shows the most common surnames starting with J with statistics on the heritage and ancestry of those with the surname.

This list has been compiled using the most recent Census data and we have included only names where at least 60% of people with the name self-identified as "Asian and Pacific Islander".

Click any of the names in the table below to find out more about the origin, meaning, and ancestry of each last name.

Rank Name Count White Black API AIAN 2+ Races Hispanic
1486 Jung 24,026 28.40% 0.49% 67.76% 0.15% 1.79% 1.42%
1849 Jiang 19,409 0.87% (S) 97.88% (S) 0.86% 0.19%
3094 Jain 11,626 3.54% 0.25% 93.35% 0.34% 1.74% 0.79%
3421 Jin 10,432 1.78% 0.19% 96.30% 0.19% 1.13% 0.40%
3542 Joshi 10,089 3.32% 0.26% 93.32% 0.24% 2.31% 0.56%
3890 Jang 9,125 3.45% (S) 93.91% (S) 1.39% 0.66%
6315 Jeong 5,404 1.50% 0.20% 96.80% 0.00% 0.98% 0.52%
7791 Jeon 4,253 1.55% (S) 96.17% (S) 0.78% 0.87%
8164 Jun 4,059 4.34% 0.25% 94.19% 0.00% 0.62% 0.62%
8216 Ji 4,039 1.66% (S) 96.91% (S) 0.74% 0.52%
9108 Jo 3,588 6.80% 1.70% 85.23% 0.17% 1.67% 4.43%
10324 Joo 3,121 5.51% 0.42% 90.00% 0.00% 1.19% 2.88%
12423 Ju 2,502 3.64% 0.48% 92.37% 0.00% 1.80% 1.72%
12802 Jia 2,409 1.66% (S) 96.85% (S) 0.50% 0.50%
14564 Jan 2,046 24.05% 1.76% 66.37% 0.24% 5.18% 2.39%
16765 Jani 1,704 17.19% 1.12% 77.82% 0.29% 2.76% 0.82%
17359 Javed 1,627 6.52% (S) 88.38% (S) 2.64% 1.54%
18317 Jha 1,513 2.25% (S) 94.98% (S) 2.05% 0.33%
19105 Jew 1,424 7.72% (S) 79.14% (S) 5.62% 4.21%
19398 Jue 1,393 7.32% (S) 79.25% (S) 8.69% 4.31%
19489 Jahan 1,386 6.71% (S) 88.60% 0.72% 3.46% (S)
19654 Jen 1,371 11.09% 4.23% 79.14% 0.36% 4.23% 0.95%
20512 Jafri 1,293 5.26% (S) 89.87% (S) 3.40% 0.70%
20971 Johal 1,255 3.19% 0.88% 92.27% 0.40% 2.15% 1.12%
22749 Jong 1,126 6.22% (S) 85.97% (S) 3.82% 2.40%
24288 Jing 1,033 2.52% 1.65% 94.68% (S) 0.87% (S)
25020 Jee 993 10.78% (S) 82.18% (S) 4.33% 2.01%
26516 Jayaraman 920 2.72% 0.00% 94.67% (S) 2.17% (S)
26975 Jeng 899 2.89% 13.57% 80.65% 0.00% 2.00% 0.89%
27042 Jhaveri 896 3.35% (S) 92.19% (S) 2.57% 1.00%
29719 Jiao 792 2.15% (S) 96.34% 0.00% 0.88% (S)
29822 Jian 788 5.84% 0.63% 91.50% 0.00% 1.40% 0.63%
30303 Jiwani 772 2.07% (S) 92.88% (S) 2.59% 1.55%
30767 Jaffer 757 21.14% 3.30% 69.09% (S) 4.76% (S)
31068 Jaiswal 747 1.87% (S) 96.79% 0.00% (S) 0.67%
31689 Javaid 729 2.33% (S) 94.24% (S) 1.23% 1.23%
33196 Jadhav 689 0.87% (S) 97.53% (S) 1.02% (S)
34495 Jariwala 656 1.83% (S) 95.12% 0.91% 1.68% (S)
34835 Jocson 648 2.93% (S) 86.57% (S) 3.24% 6.79%
35345 Joung 637 3.61% 2.04% 91.99% (S) 2.04% (S)
35622 Jao 631 5.23% (S) 89.54% (S) 1.58% 3.17%
36154 Joh 620 18.06% 12.58% 65.00% 0.00% 3.23% 1.13%
36286 Junio 617 24.64% (S) 64.83% (S) 3.89% 6.48%
36477 Jou 613 10.28% (S) 83.36% (S) 3.10% 2.28%
38050 Jeung 583 4.29% (S) 89.02% (S) 5.66% 0.86%
40371 Jindal 542 1.85% (S) 95.57% (S) (S) (S)
40856 Jabeen 534 1.69% 0.00% 96.82% 0.00% 1.50% 0.00%
42720 Janjua 507 6.51% (S) 88.95% 0.00% 2.96% (S)
45189 Joson 474 7.81% (S) 84.39% 0.00% 6.12% (S)
46811 Jayakumar 454 1.76% (S) 96.04% (S) (S) (S)
47186 Jilani 450 11.78% 2.22% 80.22% 0.00% 4.67% 1.11%
47966 Juneja 441 4.99% (S) 90.25% (S) 2.04% 2.04%
50362 Jow 415 6.02% 3.61% 79.76% 0.00% 7.95% 2.65%
52267 Jahangir 397 16.12% (S) 75.82% (S) 6.05% 1.51%
55386 Jonnalagadda 371 (S) (S) 95.96% 1.35% 1.89% 0.00%
55841 Jaffery 367 4.63% 1.63% 88.01% (S) 5.18% (S)
57101 Jaswal 357 5.04% (S) 89.08% (S) 3.92% (S)
58182 Jagannathan 349 1.43% 0.00% 94.84% (S) 2.01% (S)
59171 Jayaram 342 4.97% (S) 90.06% 0.00% 4.39% (S)
59171 Junaid 342 9.36% 15.50% 66.96% (S) 6.73% (S)
59901 Jasti 337 (S) 0.00% 99.11% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
60636 Javellana 332 6.93% (S) 74.70% (S) 12.35% 3.92%
61745 Jassal 325 4.31% (S) 90.46% (S) 2.46% 2.15%
62531 Jivani 320 (S) (S) 92.50% (S) 5.00% (S)
65964 Jasani 300 2.33% 1.67% 92.67% (S) 2.00% (S)
65964 Johl 300 22.67% (S) 69.67% (S) 4.33% 2.67%
66164 Juang 299 (S) (S) 97.32% (S) (S) (S)
66754 Johar 296 12.50% 8.78% 70.95% (S) 5.07% (S)
68770 Jayasinghe 286 4.55% (S) 84.62% (S) 8.04% 2.45%
74141 Joglekar 261 3.07% (S) 92.72% (S) 1.92% (S)
76275 Jehan 252 17.86% 5.56% 69.84% (S) 3.57% (S)
77264 Jawaid 248 4.03% (S) 91.13% (S) 2.02% 2.42%
77264 Jawed 248 5.24% 2.82% 82.66% (S) 7.26% (S)
77522 Juco 247 9.72% (S) 74.49% (S) 10.93% 4.45%
80131 Jarin 237 18.14% 2.11% 67.93% 0.00% 3.80% 8.02%
84136 Juhn 223 37.67% (S) 60.09% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
84748 Janakiraman 221 (S) 0.00% 98.19% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
86314 Jaffri 216 7.41% (S) 82.87% 0.00% 7.41% (S)
86645 Je 215 13.49% 9.77% 71.16% 0.00% 2.79% 2.79%
86645 Jumawan 215 2.33% (S) 79.53% (S) 9.77% 7.91%
90853 Jagtap 203 (S) 0.00% 97.54% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
90853 Jayachandran 203 (S) (S) 94.09% (S) 2.96% 0.00%
91981 Jagannath 200 6.50% 3.50% 88.00% 0.00% (S) (S)
93513 Jie 196 (S) 2.55% 91.84% 0.00% 2.55% (S)
93513 Johri 196 9.18% 0.00% 88.78% 0.00% (S) (S)
96368 Jamora 189 7.94% 0.00% 69.84% 0.00% 11.64% 10.58%
96368 Joves 189 5.82% 3.17% 82.01% 0.00% 3.70% 5.29%
99378 Jayaprakash 182 (S) (S) 94.51% (S) 3.30% 0.00%
99378 Josan 182 17.03% (S) 78.57% 0.00% (S) (S)
100302 Jamero 180 4.44% (S) 76.67% (S) 10.56% 6.11%
101737 Jadav 177 3.95% (S) 92.66% (S) (S) 0.00%
101737 Jaw 177 7.34% 12.43% 79.10% 0.00% (S) (S)
102197 Jhun 176 (S) (S) 85.80% 0.00% 3.41% 9.66%
102688 Jamir 175 10.86% 9.14% 68.57% 0.00% 7.43% 4.00%
105079 Jandhyala 170 (S) 0.00% 97.06% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
105079 Jit 170 4.71% (S) 78.82% (S) 11.76% (S)
106096 Jagtiani 168 13.10% (S) 80.95% 0.00% 3.57% (S)
106570 Jadeja 167 2.99% (S) 92.22% 0.00% 2.99% (S)
109258 Jayaraj 162 (S) 0.00% 98.77% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
109258 Jhawar 162 (S) 0.00% 96.30% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
110286 Jayasuriya 160 6.88% (S) 83.75% 0.00% 7.50% (S)
110825 Jaganathan 159 (S) (S) 96.86% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
110825 Jogi 159 10.69% (S) 85.53% (S) (S) (S)
111426 Jalandoni 158 (S) 0.00% 94.30% 0.00% (S) (S)
111426 Jawanda 158 3.80% (S) 87.34% (S) 3.16% 3.80%
111988 Jovellanos 157 (S) 0.00% 92.36% 0.00% (S) 3.82%
114424 Jhala 153 7.84% (S) 87.58% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
115034 Johny 152 7.89% 12.50% 69.74% 0.00% 4.61% 5.26%
116201 Jeu 150 15.33% (S) 78.67% 0.00% (S) (S)
120901 Jamias 143 (S) 0.00% 90.91% 0.00% 5.59% (S)
123064 Jethwa 140 5.71% 3.57% 85.00% 0.00% 5.71% 0.00%
123064 Jobanputra 140 (S) 0.00% 97.14% 0.00% (S) (S)
123796 Jamshed 139 12.23% (S) 83.45% 0.00% 3.60% (S)
125282 Jaranilla 137 4.38% 0.00% 86.86% 0.00% 5.11% 3.65%
126018 Jangda 136 6.62% 0.00% 86.76% 0.00% 6.62% 0.00%
126018 Jayswal 136 (S) 0.00% 95.59% (S) (S) 0.00%
126765 Jinnah 135 11.11% 3.70% 80.74% (S) (S) 3.70%
127494 Jivan 134 29.85% (S) 62.69% 0.00% 5.22% (S)
128249 Jaffry 133 17.29% (S) 76.69% 0.00% (S) 4.51%
128249 Josafat 133 3.76% (S) 78.95% (S) 6.77% 9.77%
129047 Josyula 132 (S) 0.00% 95.45% (S) (S) (S)
129825 Javate 131 0.00% (S) 93.89% 0.00% (S) 3.82%
133863 Janga 126 5.56% 19.84% 69.84% 0.00% (S) (S)
133863 Jayawardena 126 5.56% 0.00% 89.68% 0.00% 4.76% 0.00%
134712 Jagadeesan 125 (S) 0.00% 98.40% (S) 0.00% 0.00%
134712 Jumani 125 5.60% 0.00% 90.40% 0.00% (S) (S)
135593 Jeun 124 0.00% (S) 98.39% 0.00% 0.00% (S)
136449 Jafry 123 12.20% (S) 84.55% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
136449 Javeri 123 4.07% 0.00% 94.31% (S) (S) 0.00%
136449 Jih 123 (S) 0.00% 96.75% 0.00% (S) (S)
137327 Jardeleza 122 4.92% 0.00% 85.25% 0.00% 9.84% 0.00%
137327 Jaspal 122 10.66% (S) 88.52% 0.00% 0.00% (S)
137327 Jingco 122 4.10% (S) 87.70% 0.00% 6.56% (S)
137327 Jiwa 122 7.38% 9.84% 68.85% (S) 12.30% (S)
138304 Junsay 121 4.13% 0.00% 84.30% 0.00% 6.61% 4.96%
139228 Jagadeesh 120 (S) 0.00% 90.83% 0.00% 4.17% (S)
139228 Jayanthi 120 0.00% 0.00% 97.50% (S) (S) 0.00%
140157 Jalan 119 (S) (S) 84.03% 0.00% (S) 7.56%
141140 Janardhanan 118 0.00% (S) 97.46% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
141140 Jog 118 (S) (S) 97.46% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
142108 Jajoo 117 11.97% 0.00% 86.32% 0.00% (S) (S)
142108 Jethani 117 5.98% (S) 87.18% 0.00% 5.98% (S)
144141 Jayaswal 115 8.70% 0.00% 86.96% (S) (S) 0.00%
145220 Javillonar 114 (S) (S) 82.46% 0.00% 8.77% 5.26%
145220 Jovero 114 7.02% 0.00% 68.42% 0.00% 7.02% 17.54%
146201 Jahng 113 (S) 0.00% 96.46% 0.00% (S) (S)
146201 Jammu 113 (S) 0.00% 95.58% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
147253 Jagarlamudi 112 0.00% 0.00% 92.86% (S) 5.36% (S)
149395 Jagadish 110 (S) 0.00% 96.36% 0.00% (S) (S)
149395 Jui 110 5.45% (S) 61.82% 0.00% (S) 28.18%
150452 Jaitly 109 5.50% 0.00% 92.66% 0.00% (S) (S)
150452 Jaramilla 109 (S) 0.00% 61.47% 0.00% (S) 33.03%
150452 Javeed 109 4.59% 0.00% 90.83% 0.00% 4.59% 0.00%
150452 Javia 109 (S) 0.00% 97.25% 0.00% 0.00% (S)
150452 Jhang 109 (S) (S) 94.50% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
151532 Jagasia 108 4.63% 0.00% 91.67% 0.00% (S) (S)
152628 Jereza 107 (S) 0.00% 91.59% 0.00% (S) (S)
152628 Jhangiani 107 (S) 0.00% 94.39% (S) (S) 0.00%
154907 Jacildo 105 (S) (S) 93.33% 0.00% (S) (S)
156044 Jaweed 104 (S) 0.00% 95.19% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
156044 Jeet 104 4.81% (S) 75.00% (S) 13.46% (S)
156044 Jeyakumar 104 (S) (S) 95.19% 0.00% (S) 0.00%
157234 Jaisinghani 103 4.85% (S) 93.20% 0.00% 0.00% (S)
157234 Jeoung 103 (S) 0.00% 98.06% 0.00% 0.00% (S)
158432 Jusay 102 (S) 0.00% 91.18% 0.00% (S) (S)

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

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  • Rank - The official rank of the name according to the US Census Bureau.
  • Count. Number of occurrences: Estimate of the number of people with the surname in the United States. (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy.
  • White. Non-Hispanic White Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic white" (race)
  • Black. Non-Hispanic Black Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic black" (race)
  • API. Non-Hispanic Asian & Pacific Islander Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic Asian & Pacific Islander" (race)
  • AIAN. Non-Hispanic American Indian & Alaskan Native Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic American Indian & Alaskan Native" (race)
  • 2+ Races. Non-Hispanic of 2 or More Races: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic two or more races" (race)
  • Hispanic. Hispanic Origin: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "Hispanic origin" (race)

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