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

The Jourdain surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 912 people carried this name — #26,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 21% from 754 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 5,837 people named Jourdain.

43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 43
Seine-Maritime 608
Paris 533
Pas-de-Calais 380
Nord 330
Somme 240
Charente-Maritime 235
Manche 212
Vendée 208

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 184 people named Jourdain 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 93
Brussels-Capital 45
Namur 28
Walloon Brabant 18

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

106 people named Jourdain live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 29
Bern 21
Jura 14
Neuchâtel 14
Valais 11
Geneva 9
Basel-Landschaft 8

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Jourdain,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Jourdain 1572–1619 · military officer
  • Marie Jourdain 1650–
  • Paul-Raymond Jourdain dit Labrosse 1697–1769 · joiner
  • Anselme Jourdain 1734–1816 · dentist
  • Yves Claude Jourdain 1749–1828 · politician
  • Antoine Jourdain 1749–1818 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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