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Jones is a common family name that comes from the term 'Son of John' or 'Son of Joan' but can also be attributed to the name 'Jonah' – a name of Icelandic origins suggesting a Viking connection. It has further been suggested it derives from Germanic settlers in the United Kingdom with the name Johannes. It is also the most common last name in Wales, United Kingdom, and is the fourth-most common last name in the United States according to the U.S. Census.

Family Name

Names with disambiguation pages:

• Daniel Jones
• David Jones
• Dean Jones
• Howard Jones
• James Jones
• Jenny Jones
• Lewis Jones
• Mick Jones
• Rick Jones
• Steve Jones
• Tom Jones
• William Jones

Other famous Joneses include:

• Casey Jones - Semi-legendary US locomotive engineer - "Mounted to the cabin and took his farewell trip to the Promised Land"
• Cliff Jones - British computer scientist
• Owen Glynne Jones - pioneering British rock climber and mountaineer
• H. Jones - British officer
• Kenny Jones - British musician
• John Paul Jones - US Naval hero and enshrined at the US Naval Academy
• Jeffrey Max Jones - Mexican politician
• Lupita Jones - Mexican Miss Universe
• Morgan Jones - (1839-1926), businessman and railroad builder, chief construction engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad in the building of the first transcontinental railroad in U.S., Texas and Pacific Railway, Fort Worth and Denver City Railway
• Norah Jones - American musician
• Rebecca Jones - Mexican actress
• R.V. Jones - English scientist

See also:

• Indiana Jones – the fictional movie character
• Bridget Jones – the fictional novel and movie character
• Casey Jones - fictional railroad engineer in US TV series

Place names and locations

Place names and locations with disambiguation pages:

• United States
  • Fort Jones, California
  • Jones Township, Pennsylvania
  • Jones Creek, Texas
  • Jones County, Georgia
  • Jones County, Iowa
  • Jones County, Mississippi
  • Jones County, North Carolina
  • Jones County, South Dakota
  • Jones County, Texas
• Philippines
  • Jones, Isabela

• Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, United States
• Jones Beach
• Jones Point Lighthouse on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, USA
• St. Jones River in Delaware, USA

See also:

• Jonestown
• Jonesville

Other uses of "jones"

• The Ballad of Halo Jones – a comic strip
• Black Belt Jones – a blaxploitation kung-fu movie
• Dow Jones & Company – a publisher
• Dow Jones Industrial Average – a stock market index
• Generation Jones – a generation
• Jesus Jones – a British rock group
• Jones calculus – in optics
• Jones Day – a law firm
• Jones Fracture – Fracture of the fifth metatarsal of the foot.
• Jones Soda – an American beverage company based in Washington.
• Peace Jones – an American rock group
• Sugar Jones – a Canadian pop group created on Popstars

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