Jordan

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Jordan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 99th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From the personal name Jordan, adapted from the River Jordan, where Christ was baptized by John the Baptist.

rarermore common
  • IEIreland≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 1.5K
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

208,403 people, 2010

#429 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
634 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JordanLatin(measured from records)
ჯორდანGeorgian(measured from records)
요르단Hangul(measured from records)

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(measured from records)

From the personal name Jordan, adapted from the River Jordan, where Christ was baptized by John the Baptist.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jordan 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 Jordan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#99208,4031 in 1.6K330KJordan634
GB United Kingdom#133≈41,000 est.≈1 in 1.6KlistedJordan342
DE Germany#249≈20,000 est.≈1 in 3.9KlistedJordan199
PH Philippines#515≈20,000 est.≈1 in 5.5K—Jordan121
CA Canada#142≈18,000 est.≈1 in 2.1K26Jordan324
IE Ireland#97≈3,900 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Jordan117
NZ New Zealand#108≈3,300 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Jordan154
GY Guyana—6941 in 1.1K694—10

208,403 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

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

  • Spanish surname72 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Mexico, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jordán, Jordãn, Jördän, Jordàn, J'Ordan

  • French surname43 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, United Kingdom

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Jordanie, Jordania, Jordàn, Jordán, Jõrdãñ

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Jórdan, Jordàn, Jòrdan, J̌ordan, Jordán

  • Polish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Jordania, Jordânia

  • Hebrew given name24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

    Languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic

    Also written ירדן, Yarden, ג'ורדן, יורדן, ז'ורדן

  • Swahili surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, South Africa

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

    Also written Yordani, Jordãn, Jördan, Jordàn, Jordán

  • Hindi surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Philippines

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Jordán, Jordàn

  • Bulgarian given name125 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Russia, United States, Ukraine

    Languages: Bulgarian, Russian, English

    Also written Йордан, Yordan, Иордан, Iordan, Іордан

85 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Jordan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, from the River Jordan, used as a Christian name by crusaders; first attested Jordanus presbiter 1121-8 Bury (Sf)

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • In French, From the Jordan River name, via Latin/Greek, of Hebrew origin; used as a given name.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In Irish, Biblical name originally used as a surname, now sometimes used as a first name.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • In German, from the river Jordan; later often influenced by Gordianus

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • Crusader name. See main dictionary. Josef $ From Hebrew Yosef ‘God shall add (a son)’. See }Joseph in main dictionary.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Camille Jordan, b. 1838Barbara Jordan, b. 1936Richard Jordan, b. 1937Eddie Jordan, b. 1948Neil Jordan, b. 1950Michael Jordan, b. 1963Jim Jordan, b. 1964Michael B. Jordan, b. 1987DeAndre Jordan, b. 1988Olivia Jordan, b. 1988

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 137 sources across 67 countries.

Official registers attesting Jordan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010208K#116
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020201K#118
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000197K#105
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 20252025694#154

Reference works 11

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jordan mean, and where does it come from?
From the personal name Jordan, adapted from the River Jordan, where Christ was baptized by John the Baptist. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
In which country does Jordan have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 208 thousand people named Jordan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jordan.
Where is Jordan most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jordan is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 1.1 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jordan?
In the United States, the national register counted 208,403 people named Jordan in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
How common is Jordan compared with other names?
In the United States, Jordan is the 99th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
What are other forms of the name Jordan?
In the etymology graph, Giordano, Judd and Jordon are forms of the same name in other languages.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 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, “Jordan” — the 99th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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