Why are there so many people with the last name Jones?

Answer 1

Jones is the most common last name in Wales. Like some other cultures the Welsh tend to have less last names as a percentage of the population than most, with certain of the names having an inordinate number of people sharing it (just like Korean and Kim, with about 20% of Koreans having that last name). The other main "monster" Welsh last names besides for Jones are Thomas, Davies, Evans, Williams, Rice and possibly Morgan (which can also be Scottish). This analysis does not hold true for such Welsh as have proper Welsh language surnames.

To further complicate the issue, many of German and Scandinavian heritage changed their names to Jones when they moved to the U.S. (from such surnames as Johannes, Johannsen/Johannson, Jantzen, Janson and Jonsson, as well as possibly the French Jensen).

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Ancestry.com says:

Jones

English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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So,
1) It is like "Johnson",

2) "John" has been the most popular male name (or in the top 5) in the western world for a thousand years.

3) When they started using last names, lots and lots of men were "John's Son" (more than, for instance, Zacharia's Son)

4) "John's Son" became "Jones" in Wales and S. England.

5) Every phone book in the USA has a page or two of Joneses.

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Answer 7

maybe Jones is a popular surname or maybe a Jones had fun reproducing

Answer 8

Jone's they liked to make babies. that's why when you like someone, or want them, your jonesing for them.

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