How common is the surname Janey?

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

Is the surname Janey getting more or less common?

More common. 619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 666 in 2010, up 7.6%.

Is Janey also a first name?

Yes. Janey 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 Janey

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

2 syllables Soundex J500 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). Janey is more common than 79% of them.

Origin

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

Janey 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 666 people named Janey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 619.

#34,110

rank among US surnames

666

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #34,599)

Who is named Janey

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

64% of people named Janey identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Janey

Janey has the Soundex code J500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J500.

Questions

Where does the surname Janey come from?: From Jane + -y, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
How common is the surname Janey?: 666 people in the United States had the surname Janey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. It ranked 34,110th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Janey?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Janey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Janey?: Janey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Janey getting more or less common?: More common. 619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 666 in 2010, up 7.6%.
Is Janey also a first name?: Yes. Janey 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.