Jones (surname)

Jones is a surname of English and Welsh origin derived from the personal name Jone (a variant of John) and the genitive ending -s.[1] It is particularly common in Wales, where it represents an anglicization of the Welsh patronymic ap Siôn.

[3] Others put the first known record of the surname Jones as 1279, in Huntingdonshire, England.

[5] Jones remains the most widespread surname in Wales, borne by around 200,000 people, or 5.75% of the population.

[6] In England it is used by around 450,000 people, or 0.75% of the population, but still the second most popular surname, after Smith.

[7] Jones was the fourth most common surname in the 1990 U.S. Census, behind only Smith, Johnson and Williams.