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The Just surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,769 people carried this name — #8,710 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,714 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

1,260 people named Just have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 1,494 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Łódź 263
Silesian 231
Warmian-Masurian 136
Greater Poland 133
Podlaskie 132
Lower Silesian 114
Masovian 69
Pomeranian 45

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 572 people named Just.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Loire 118
Paris 65
Pyrénées-Orientales 56
Rhône 37
Haute-Vienne 28
Yonne 26
Nièvre 21
Saône-et-Loire 17

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

323 people named Just live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Graubünden 104
Zurich 92
Bern 32
Aargau 22
St. Gallen 21
Basel-Stadt 17
Basel-Landschaft 12
Thurgau 6

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 89 people named Just 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 68
City of Buenos Aires 21

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

In the Nordic population registers

63 people named Just is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 63

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Just in American newspapers,
1854–1895.

Newspaper page from Congregational Record And New Hampshire Journal carrying the name Just
Congregational Record And New Hampshire Journal 1895-08-09
Newspaper page from The Daily Comet carrying the name Just
The Daily Comet 1854-01-26
Newspaper page from The Daily Comet carrying the name Just
The Daily Comet 1854-01-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,710,476 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Just,
with a public archive behind them.

  • August Just d. 1751 · jurist
  • Eduard Just d. 1914
  • May Evelyn Cornwell d. 1927
  • Pablo Borrás Just d. 1777
  • Victoria Just d. 1864
  • Catharina Elisabeth Just 1672–1716

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

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