How common is the surname Janelle?

666 people in the United States had the surname Janelle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. It ranked 34,110th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Janelle?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Janelle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Janelle getting more or less common?

More common. 594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 666 in 2010, up 12%.

Is Janelle also a first name?

Yes. Janelle is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Janelle

A French surname, carried by 666 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J540 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Janelle is more common than 79% of them.

Origin

French origin

From Jane + -elle, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 666 people named Janelle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 594.

#34,110

rank among US surnames

666

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+12.1%

change since 2000 (was #35,757)

Who is named Janelle

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

92% of people named Janelle identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Janel
Jenelle

Janelle has the Soundex code J540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J540.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Janelle come from?: From Jane + -elle, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
How common is the surname Janelle?: 666 people in the United States had the surname Janelle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. It ranked 34,110th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Janelle?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Janelle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Janelle getting more or less common?: More common. 594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 666 in 2010, up 12%.
What are other spellings of Janelle?: Janel and Jenelle.
Is Janelle also a first name?: Yes. Janelle is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.