How common is the surname Jahn?

4,850 people in the United States had the surname Jahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,659 Americans. It ranked 6,917th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jahn?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jahn?

Marianne Jahn, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Adam Jahn.

Where is the surname Jahn most common?

Wikidata records people named Jahn in Austria, the Austrian Empire and the United States.

Is the surname Jahn getting more or less common?

More common. 4,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,850 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Jahn

A German surname, carried by 4,850 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex J500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jahn is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Jahn.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,850 people named Jahn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,659 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,770.

#6,917

rank among US surnames

4,850

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,552)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,908	Martí	4,860	63,528
#6,909	Swinney	4,856	63,580
#6,912	Koval	4,855	63,593
#6,913	Gasca	4,854	63,606
#6,914	Fortney	4,853	63,620
#6,915	Gwinn	4,852	63,633
#6,916	Cassel	4,851	63,646

Who is named Jahn

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Jahn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jahns

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marianne Jahn
Austrian alpine skier, 1942–2025
Adam Jahn
American soccer player, born 1991
Gustav Jahn
Austrian painter and mountaineer (1879-1919)
Johann Jahn
Austrian linguist and roman catholic priest, 1750–1816
Wilhelm Jahn
Austrian musician, conductor and singer of Sudeten German origin (1835–1900)
Günther Fehlinger
Austrian economist, born 1968

Notable Jahns come mostly from Austria (3), the Austrian Empire (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jahn

Jahn has the Soundex code J500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J500.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jahn come from?: Borrowed from German Jahn.
How common is the surname Jahn?: 4,850 people in the United States had the surname Jahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,659 Americans. It ranked 6,917th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jahn?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jahn?: Marianne Jahn, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Adam Jahn.
Where is the surname Jahn most common?: Wikidata records people named Jahn in Austria, the Austrian Empire and the United States.
Is the surname Jahn getting more or less common?: More common. 4,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,850 in 2010, up 1.7%.