Surname Checker / Jefferson
How Common Is the Last Name Jefferson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Jefferson today
61,096
Ranked #615 of 162,254 published surnames · 18.71 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 55,179 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
17.45%
Black
74.24%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.4%
Hispanic
2.47%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.