Joens

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from a vernacular form of Johannes (see John)

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

/ˈdʒoʊnz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 436K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 109Kas Jöns
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 182K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Joens itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

763 people, 2010

Sources
179 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 182K (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium, est.

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 Jons in SE Sweden, NG Nigeria, IT Italy and Jöns in DE Germany.

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 a vernacular form of Johannes (see John).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Joens 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 Joens is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States7631 in 436K792Joens179
DE Germany≈740 est.≈1 in 109KlistedJöns47
NG Nigeria≈170 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Jons8
SE Sweden163as Jons1 in 63K598Jons18
IT Italy≈78 est.≈1 in 805K—Jons4
BE Belgium≈64 est.≈1 in 182K—Joens3
FI Finland38as Jöns1 in 147K40—2
IS Iceland≈4 est.≈1 in 97Klisted——

763 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 — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)

Joens is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Brazil, Cuba

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Joêns

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States

    Also written Jøns

34 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Joens,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Joens
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020792#31,342
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010763#30,570
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000725#30,412
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Joens mean, and where does it come from?
from a vernacular form of Johannes (see John). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Joens?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒoʊnz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Joens have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 763 people named Joens, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joens.
How common is the name Joens?
In the United States, the national register counted 763 people named Joens in 2010, about 1 in 436 thousand residents.

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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, “Joens”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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