How common is the surname Janak?

1,162 people in the United States had the surname Janak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. It ranked 22,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Janak?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Janak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Janak getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,162 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Janak

A Czech surname, carried by 1,162 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Janak is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Janák.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,162 people named Janak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,169.

#22,201

rank among US surnames

1,162

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,960)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,194	Ramanathan	1,163	265,473
#22,201	Janak	1,162	265,702

Who is named Janak

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

95% of people named Janak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 0.5%

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 Janak

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

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Janak come from?: Borrowed from Czech Janák.
How common is the surname Janak?: 1,162 people in the United States had the surname Janak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. It ranked 22,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Janak?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Janak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Janak getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,162 in 2010, down 0.6%.