Explore the Family Name Juras

The meaning of Juras

Czech (Moravian; also Juráš, Juraš), Slovak (mainly Juráš, Juraš), Polish, and Croatian: from an old hypocoristic derivative of the personal names Jura (Moravian and Polish) and Juraj (Slovak and Croatian), local equivalents and a Polish byform of Latin Georgius (see George).

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

The surname Juras has seen a decline in popularity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, it ranked 51,458; however, by 2010 it had dropped to 60,636, demonstrating a decrease of 17.84 percent. The count of individuals with this last name also fell from 380 in 2000 to 332 in 2010, indicating a reduction of 12.63 percent. Consequently, the proportion of people named Juras per 100,000 decreased by 21.43 percent over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,458	#60,636	-17.84%
Count	380	332	-12.63%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.11	-21.43%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Juras

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the vast majority of individuals bearing the surname Juras identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with only a minor decrease of 0.28 percent over this period. There were no recorded instances of this surname among those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or belonging to two or more races. As for other identities, there was a slight increase in the percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Natives bearing this surname (from 1.32 percent to 1.51 percent), while the percentage of Hispanics went from 1.32 percent in 2000 to being suppressed for privacy reasons in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.05%	95.78%	-0.28%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.32%	1.51%	14.39%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	1.32%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%