Explore the Family Name Jean-philippe

The meaning of Jean-philippe

West Indian (mainly Haiti; in the US also Jeanphilippe): from the French personal name Jean-Philippe, a compound of Jean and Philippe.

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How common is the last name Jean-philippe in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Jean-Philippe has seen a significant increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname increased from 39,946 to 27,707, marking a change of 30.64%. Similarly, the count of people with this surname rose from 517 in 2000 to 868 in 2010, indicating an impressive growth of 67.89%. The proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 people also escalated from 0.19 to 0.29, showing an increase of 52.63%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,946	#27,707	30.64%
Count	517	868	67.89%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.29	52.63%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jean-philippe

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Jean-Philippe identified as Black in both 2000 and 2010. There was also a slight increase in this group, from 87.04% to 94.70%. Notably, there was a drastic decline in people who identified as belonging to two or more races, from 10.44% in 2000 to 2.3% in 2010. There was a minor decrease in those identifying as White, from 0.97% in 2000 to 0.69% in 2010. However, those identifying as Hispanic saw a sizeable increase from 0.97% to 2.07%. No individuals with the surname Jean-Philippe identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	87.04%	94.7%	8.8%
Two or More Races	10.44%	2.3%	-77.97%
Hispanic	0.97%	2.07%	113.4%
White	0.97%	0.69%	-28.87%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%