Explore the Family Name Jahoda

The meaning of Jahoda

Czech: from jahoda ‘berry, strawberry’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a berry or strawberry, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold berries or strawberries.

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How common is the last name Jahoda in the United States?

The surname Jahoda, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, has seen a drop in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Jahoda was ranked 66,476th in popularity, but by 2010 it had dropped to 82,908th, a decrease of nearly 25 percent. Similarly, the count of individuals with this surname decreased from 278 in 2000 to 227 in 2010, marking a decline of approximately 18 percent. The proportion of people named Jahoda per 100,000 also fell by 20 percent during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#66,476	#82,908	-24.72%
Count	278	227	-18.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.08	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jahoda

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Jahoda surname identify as White, accounting for 94.96 percent in 2000 and 92.07 percent in 2010. There was also a small percentage (2.16 percent) who identified as being of two or more races in 2000, though this number dropped to zero by 2010. Interestingly, while there were no individuals with the Jahoda surname identifying as Hispanic in 2000, this group accounted for 4.41 percent of the Jahodas in 2010. There were no recorded instances of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either of these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.96%	92.07%	-3.04%
Hispanic	0%	4.41%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.16%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%