Jones

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəʊnz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoʊnz/

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• Homophone: jones
• Rhymes: -əʊnz

Genitive of John.

Jones (countable and uncountable, plural Joneses or Jonesses)

2. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.
   • 1886, Miss M. A. R. Tucker, “St. David's”, in Walford's Antiquarian: A Magazine & Bibliographical Review:

     It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.

   • 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The bodies of 19-year-old best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were returned to Australia on Tuesday night.

3. A placename
   1. A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.
   2. A municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines.
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama.
      2. An unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois.
      3. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
      4. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Michigan.
      5. A town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
      6. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
      7. Two townships, in Elk County, Pennsylvania and Beltrami County, Minnesota, listed under Jones Township.
   4. Ellipsis of Jones County.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jones is the 5^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,425,470 individuals. Jones is most common among White (55.2%) and Black/African American (38.5%) individuals. [2]

From Jone +‎ -s.

Jones

1. plural of Jone

• Jeons

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjons/ [ˈd̪jon̪s̪]

From English Jones.

Jones (Badlit spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from English

After William Atkinson Jones.

Jones (Badlit spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜊ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. a municipality of Isabela

Borrowed from English Jones.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔn/

Jones ?

1. a surname from English