Jean (surname) explained

Language origin:

French & English

Jean is a French & English surname.

Origins

Jean may be a French surname from the given name Jean (fro|[[Jehan]]), or an English surname which originated as a variant spelling of Jayne or as a toponymic surname referring to Genoa, Italy.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] Variant spellings of the English and French surnames include Jenn, Jenne, Jeanne, Geen, Genn, and Jeans.

Statistics

People with the surname Jean in France! Decade! Births
1891–1900	1,825
1901–1910	2,583
1911–1920	2,361
1921–1930	3,075
1931–1940	2,750
1941–1950	3,517
1951–1960	3,976
1961–1970	4,032
1971–1980	3,520
1981–1990	3,276
1991–2000	3,078

French government statistics show 33,393 people with the surname Jean born in France from 1891 to 2000 (see table).^[4] Statistics compiled by Patrick Hanks on the basis of the 2011 United Kingdom census and the Census of Ireland 2011 found 305 people with the surname Jean on the island of Great Britain and six on the island of Ireland. In the 1881 United Kingdom census there were 130 bearers of the surname, primarily in London. The 2010 United States census found 21,140 people with the surname Jean, making it the 1,703rd-most-common surname in the country. This represented an increase from 15,321 people (2,172nd-most-common) in the 2000 census. In the 2010 census, 22.9% of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic white (down from 31.7% in the 2000 census), and 70.2% as non-Hispanic black (up from 55.5% in the 2000 census).^[5]

People

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

Gloria Jean (1926–2018), American actress and singer
Rodrigue Jean (born 1957), Canadian film director
Al Jean (born 1961), American screenwriter and producer
Vadim Jean (born 1963), English film director

Music

Bernard Jean (born 1948), Canadian oboist
Martin Jean (born 1960), American organist
Wyclef Jean (born 1969), Haitian musician, music producer, and actor
Carlos Jean (born 1973), Spanish DJ
Anik Jean (born 1977), Canadian pop and rock singer, actress and screenwriter
Misty Jean (born 1980), Haitian singer and model
BC Jean (born 1987), American singer-songwriter

Painting and graphics

Philip Jean (1755–1802), Jersey painter
Nehemy Jean (1931–2007), Haitian painter and graphic artist
Eugène Jean (born 1951), Haitian painter
Jean-Baptiste Jean (1953–2002), Haitian painter
James Jean (born 1979), Taiwanese-born American visual artist

Government and politics

Léon Jean (1901–1986), French politician, member of the National Assembly with the French Section of the Workers' International
Bernard Jean (politician) (1925–2012), Canadian politician from New Brunswick
Fritz Jean (born 1953), Haitian economist and politician, former central bank governor
Christine Jean (born 1956 or 1957), French environmental activist
Lorri Jean (born), American LGBT rights activist
Michaëlle Jean (born 1957), 27th Governor General of Canada
Mireille Jean (born 1960), Canadian politician from Quebec
Lane Jean (born 1958), American politician from Arkansas
Brian Jean (born 1963), Canadian politician from Alberta
Ignatius Jean, Saint Lucian legislator

Sport

Association football

Philippe Jean (footballer) (born 1959), French midfielder
Earl Jean (born 1971), Saint Lucian striker
Nesley Jean (born 1985), Bahamian forward
Lior Jean (born 1986), Israeli defender and midfielder
Corentin Jean (born 1995), French striker

Other

Walt Jean (1898–1961), American NFL offensive lineman
Max Jean (born 1943), French racing driver
Domingo Jean (born 1969), Dominican baseball pitcher
Dierry Jean (born 1982), Haitian-born Canadian boxer
Louis-Philippe Jean (born 1984), Canadian strength athlete
Olivier Jean (born 1984), Canadian short-track speed skater
Aurore Jéan (born 1985), French cross-country skier
Jhohanny Jean (born 1988), Dominican taekwondo practitioner
Lestar Jean (born 1988), American NFL wide receiver

Other

Athanase Jean (1861–1932), French country doctor and writer
Georges Jean (1920–2011), French linguist, semiotician, poet and essayist
Raymond Jean (1925–2012), French writer
E. Jean (born 1943), American journalist and advice columnist
Stella Jean (born 1979), Italian fashion designer
Michel Jean, Canadian television journalist

Notes and References

Book: Hanks, Patrick. Patrick Hanks
. Dictionary of American Family Names. Patrick Hanks. Oxford University Press. 2003. 0199771693. 2. 246.
Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Patrick. Hanks. Richard. Coates. Peter. McClure. Oxford University Press. 2016. 9780192527479. 1403.
Book: Harrison, Henry. Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Genealogical Publishing Company. 1969. 234. 9780806301716 .
Web site: Fichier des noms. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. 22 May 2018. 21 September 2020.
Web site: How common is your last name?. Newsday. 5 September 2018.