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The Jourdan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,612 people carried this name — #11,965 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,393 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Jourdan surname

Variant of Jordan.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jourdan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 7,837 people named Jourdan.

210 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 210
Bouches-du-Rhône 870
Isère 618
Ille-et-Vilaine 524
Gard 479
Manche 472
Paris 412
Hérault 374
Rhône 321

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 523 people named Jourdan live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 179
Santa Fe 123
Buenos Aires Province 117
City of Buenos Aires 54
Misiones 26
Córdoba 12
San Luis 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

159 people named Jourdan live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 34
Vaud 29
Basel-Landschaft 23
Bern 17
Fribourg 15
Zurich 14
Valais 11
Basel-Stadt 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.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 115 people named Jourdan 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 Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 51
Luxembourg Province 41
Namur 18
Brussels-Capital 5

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

In print

Jourdan in American newspapers,
1908–1922.

Newspaper page from The Star And Newark Advertiser carrying the name Jourdan
The Star And Newark Advertiser 1908-12-05
Newspaper page from Red Lake News carrying the name Jourdan
Red Lake News 1912-09-15
Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Jourdan
Bisbee Daily Review 1922-07-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,201 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Jourdan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pierre Jourdan d. 1946 · police officer
  • Pascal Jourdan d. 1890
  • Jean-Claude Jourdan d. 2009
  • Jean Claude Jourdan d. 1899 · magistrate
  • Jean-Baptiste Jourdan 1711–1793 · writer
  • Pierre-Étienne-Nicolas Bouvet-Jourdan 1745–1826 · politician

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Jourdan.

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