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

The Julia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,185 people carried this name — #21,912 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 23% from 962 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,193 people named Julia.

100 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Tarn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 100
Tarn 228
Pyrénées-Orientales 187
Haute-Garonne 151
Aude 84
Tarn-et-Garonne 72
Paris 48
Aveyron 46
Hérault 41

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 734 people named Julia 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 317
City of Buenos Aires 105
Santa Fe 105
Córdoba 86
Tucumán 27
Jujuy 20
Entre Ríos 20
Mendoza 16

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Julia live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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 12
Geneva 6
Bern 5

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 Julia,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Sébastien-Eugène Julia de Fontenelle 1780–1842 · pharmacist
  • Vincenzo Julia 1838–1894 · poet
  • Jean Julia 1863–1934 · Esperantist
  • Jean Julia 1863–1934 · Esperantist
  • Miguel Julia Vilaplana 1868–1936 · author
  • Thérèse Julia 1872–1960 · Esperantist

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Julia is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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