S-J

Name: S-J: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-10

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

S-J is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common

DKDenmark≈1 in 353K(inferred from the name graph)
TNTunisia≈1 in 378K
PTPortugal≈1 in 385K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: United States (inferred from the name graph)
Sources: 224 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 353K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sj in NL Netherlands, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

S-J counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where S-J is recorded, by country
Country				Most common spelling	Sources
US United States	≈230 est.	≈1 in 1.5M	8	Sj	224
DE Germany	≈55 est.	≈1 in 1.5M	—	S-J	33
GB United Kingdom	≈49 est.	≈1 in 1.3M	—	Sj	107
TN Tunisia	≈31 est.	≈1 in 378K	—	Sj	5
CA Canada	≈30 est.	≈1 in 1.3M	1	Sj	61
PT Portugal	≈27 est.	≈1 in 385K	listed	—	1
NL Netherlands	≈26 est.	≈1 in 677K	10	Sj	22
DK Denmark	≈17 est.	≈1 in 353K	—	Sj	1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

S-J is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Korean surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in South Korea
Also written Sj
French surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France
Also written S'J, Sj
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Sj
Chinese surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in China, Taiwan
Also written Sj
Spanish surname7 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Costa Rica, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Sj, S'J, Š'J
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Sj
Arabic surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Syria
Also written Šj, Sj
Hindi name5 spellings in the group
Most recorded in India
Also written Sj, Šj

10 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists S-J under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does S-J have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 229 people named S-J in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sj.
How common is the name S-J?: Mondonomo estimates about 230 people in the United States have S-J as their first surname, about 1 in 1.5 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

What do you want to know about S-J?

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Query this name via API

curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/s-j

The same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-10 and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “S-J”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)