Explore the Family Name Jorde

The meaning of Jorde

Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named, from Old Norse gerthi ‘enclosed land, field’. Some characteristic forenames: German Klaus, Ulrich. Scandinavian Bjorn.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Jorde has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Jorde was ranked 54,522nd in terms of prevalence, but it fell to 58,481st place in 2010, witnessing a decline of 7.26%. The total count of individuals bearing this surname also reduced from 354 in 2000 to 347 in 2010, marking a decrease of 1.98%. Moreover, in terms of proportion per 100K, it went down by 7.69% during this ten-year span.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#54,522	#58,481	-7.26%
Count	354	347	-1.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jorde

As for ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Jorde identified as White in both 2000 (94.63%) and 2010 (93.95%), experiencing a slight decrease of 0.72%. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased notably from 1.69% in 2000 to 2.31% in 2010, a rise of 36.69%. Interestingly, there was an emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, making up 2.59% of the total, which wasn't recorded in 2000. However, those who identified as Hispanic and Black dropped to zero in 2010, whereas they made up 1.41% each in 2000. American Indian and Alaskan Native identities remained constant at 0% throughout the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.63%	93.95%	-0.72%
Two or More Races	0%	2.59%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.69%	2.31%	36.69%
Hispanic	1.41%	0%	0%
Black	1.41%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%