Find out how popular the last name Julien is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Julien.

Julien, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Julien surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Julien in America

Julien is the 6180th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Julien surname appeared 5,535 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Julien.

We can also compare 2010 data for Julien to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Julien

The surname Julien originated in France during the Middle Ages. It is a French form of the ancient Roman name Julius, derived from the Latin word "iunior" meaning "younger" or "junior". The name was prominent among the aristocratic families of medieval France.

In the 11th century, the name appears in the Domesday Book, a manuscript record of landowners in England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. This suggests that bearers of the name had already established themselves in England following the Norman conquest.

The earliest recorded example of the Julien surname is found in the rolls of the Norman Exchequer in 1180, where a Ralf Julien is mentioned. Another early record is from 1195, which mentions a Guilliam Julien in Normandy.

The name Julien is associated with several notable historical figures. One of the earliest was Julien de Fontenelle (c. 1050-1127), a Norman nobleman and crusader who participated in the First Crusade and became the Count of Galilee.

Another prominent bearer of the name was Pierre Julien (1431-1501), a French philosopher and theologian who taught at the University of Paris and authored several works on ethics and metaphysics.

In the 16th century, Julien Le Paulmier (1520-1588) was a renowned French botanist and herbalist who published a significant work on medicinal plants titled "De Plantis" in 1588.

During the French Revolution, Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751) was a controversial philosopher and physician known for his materialist and atheistic views, as well as his work "L'Homme Machine" (Man a Machine).

In the 19th century, Marc-Antoine Julien (1775-1848) was a prominent French painter and engraver who gained recognition for his historical and mythological paintings, including "The Entry of Henry IV into Paris" and "The Judgement of Paris".

The surname Julien has also been associated with various place names throughout history, such as Julien-en-Born in the Landes region of France, and the Château de Julien near Toulon, which dates back to the 12th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Julien

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Julien.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Julien was:

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.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Julien has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Julien was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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