# Janda (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/janda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Czech.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,654 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,799 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 116,332 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (2,408 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Yanda |

## Etymology

Czech, Polish and Slovak surname, from a pet form of the name Jan, Ján, a version of "John."

## Who carries it

Share of people named Janda in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 8.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Janda in Austria.

## People named Janda

- Anton Janda, Austrian footballer (1904-1986)

## Similar surnames

Jeanty, Jennette, Jent, Jennett.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.