Jean is a French and English surname.
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Origins
Jean may be a French surname from the given name Jean (Old French: Jehan), or an English surname which originated as a variant spelling of Jayne or as a toponymic surname referring to Genoa, Italy. Variant spellings of the English and French surnames include Jenn, Jenne, Jeanne, Geen, Genn, and Jeans.
Statistics
French government statistics show 33,393 people with the surname Jean born in France from 1891 to 2000 (see table). 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).
People
Arts and entertainment
Gloria Jean (1926–2018), American actress and singer
Jean Constantin (born Constantin Cornel Jean; 1927–2010), Romanian actor and singer
Rodrigue Jean (born 1957), Canadian film director
Al Jean (born 1961), American screenwriter and producer
Vadim Jean (born 1963), English film director
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
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
Irena Vodopivec Jean, Slovenian economist and banker
Lorri Jean (born c. 1957), 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 (fl. 1981–present), Saint Lucian legislator
Sport
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
Aurore Jéan (born 1985), French cross-country skier
Dierry Jean (born 1982), Haitian-born Canadian boxer
Domingo Jean (born 1969), Dominican baseball pitcher
Jhohanny Jean (born 1988), Dominican taekwondo practitioner
Lestar Jean (born 1988), American NFL wide receiver
Louis-Philippe Jean (born 1984), Canadian strength athlete
Max Jean (born 1943), French racing driver
Olivier Jean (born 1984), Canadian short-track speed skater
Pierre-Alexandre Jean (born 2001), French racing driver
Walt Jean (1896–1961), American football player and coach
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