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    The surname Jahns

    A surname, carried by 1,069 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex J520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jahns is more common than 85.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,069 people named Jahns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,062.

    #23,691
    rank among US surnames
    1,069
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,591)

    Who is named Jahns

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

    95% of people named Jahns identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Jahns

    Jahns has the Soundex code J520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Jahns?
    1,069 people in the United States had the surname Jahns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. It ranked 23,691st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jahns?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jahns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Jahns getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,069 in 2010, up 0.7%.