Jean surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Jean surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 15,321 people carried this name — #2,172 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 14,318 people named Jean.

495 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 106 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 495
Paris 954
Vaucluse 863
Manche 780
Calvados 581
Gironde 555
Charente-Maritime 528
Bouches-du-Rhône 527
Drôme 400

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

344 people named Jean live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

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Where they live today

Valais 139
Geneva 79
Vaud 56
Fribourg 20
Bern 18
Zurich 11
Ticino 6
Neuchâtel 6

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 330 people named Jean live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 82
Namur 77
Luxembourg Province 64
Liège 58
Brussels-Capital 22
Walloon Brabant 17
Antwerp 5
Flemish Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Jean in American newspapers,
1883–1948.

Newspaper page from Mineral Point Tribune carrying the name Jean
Mineral Point Tribune 1883-06-21
Newspaper page from The Spanish American carrying the name Jean
The Spanish American 1907-09-14
Newspaper page from The Saratoga Sun carrying the name Jean
The Saratoga Sun 1911-09-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,077,327 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Jean,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Philip Jean
    Philip Jean 1755–1802 · painter
  • Célimène Gaudieux
    Célimène Gaudieux 1807–1864 · singer
  • Auguste Jean
    Auguste Jean 1829–1896 · teacher
  • Edmond Aman-Jean
    Edmond Aman-Jean 1858–1936 · painter
  • René-Jean
    René-Jean 1879–1951 · librarian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 190 lives in all are documented under this name.

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