Explore the Family Name Jerue

The meaning of Jerue

Americanized form of French Giroux.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Jerue has seen a slight dip in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 55,376th in terms of surnames in the United States, but by 2010, this rank had slipped to 55,962nd—a change of -1.06%. Despite the drop in ranking, the actual count of people with the surname Jerue increased during this period from 347 to 366, marking an increase of 5.48%. However, when normalized per 100,000 individuals, there was a decrease of -7.69%, from 0.13 to 0.12.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,376	#55,962	-1.06%
Count	347	366	5.48%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jerue

Concerning ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows a shift in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Jerue between 2000 and 2010. While the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White (87.32% in 2000 and 85.52% in 2010), there were some notable changes. The proportion identifying as Black saw a substantial increase, from 1.44% to 4.37%—a 203.47% change. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native decreased significantly from 8.36% to 4.92%, marking a -41.15% change. There was no recorded data for Asian/Pacific Islander in both years, while the category of Two or More Races dropped to zero in 2010 from 1.73% in 2000. Interestingly, the proportion identifying as Hispanic appeared in 2010 at 2.46%, with no data available for 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.32%	85.52%	-2.06%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	8.36%	4.92%	-41.15%
Black	1.44%	4.37%	203.47%
Hispanic	0%	2.46%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.73%	0%	0%