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    The surname Janes

    A patronymic surname, carried by 7,659 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex J520

    Janes: #4,632 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Janes #4,632, 7,659 people Janes: #4,632 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Janes #4,632, 7,659 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Janes is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    * As a southern English surname, variant of Jane; compare Jayne. * As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Janeš, variant of Janež, ultimately a derivative of Latin Johannes (English John). Also from the noun janež (“anise”). Compare Yanes. * As a Czech surname, from Janeš, a pet form of the name Jan (and thus also related to Latin Johannes).

    Janes is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,659 people named Janes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,311 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,489.

    #4,632
    rank among US surnames
    7,659
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,384)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,623Tomas7,67340,238
    #4,625Lerner7,67240,243
    #4,627Olds7,67040,254
    #4,628Isaacson7,66840,264
    #4,629Manson7,66340,290
    #4,630Flick7,66140,301
    #4,631Omar7,66040,306

    Who is named Janes

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

    91% of people named Janes identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Janess

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dominic Janes
      American actor, born 1994
    • Leroy Lansing Janes
      American missionary, 1838–1909

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Janes

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Janes come from?
    * As a southern English surname, variant of Jane; compare Jayne. * As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Janeš, variant of Janež, ultimately a derivative of Latin Johannes (English John). Also from the noun janež (“anise”). Compare Yanes. * As a Czech surname, from Janeš, a pet form of the…
    How common is the surname Janes?
    7,659 people in the United States had the surname Janes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,311 Americans. It ranked 4,632nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Janes?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Janes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Janes?
    Dominic Janes, American actor, followed by Leroy Lansing Janes.
    Where is the surname Janes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Janes in the United States.
    What type of surname is Janes?
    Janes is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Janes getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,489 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,659 in 2010, up 2.3%.