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    The surname Janice

    A surname, carried by 600 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒænɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex J520 Also a first name

    Janice: #37,180 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Janice #37,180, 600 people Janice: #37,180 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Janice #37,180, 600 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Janice is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Jane under apparent influence from Alice, Bernice, Eunice, etc., from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack and earlier use of Joan in the same role. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 600 people named Janice in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 514,576 Americans. That is down 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 627.

    #37,180
    rank among US surnames
    600
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #34,210)

    Who is named Janice

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

    56% of people named Janice identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Janice

    Janice 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 Janice come from?
    Variant of Jane under apparent influence from Alice, Bernice, Eunice, etc., from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is…
    How common is the surname Janice?
    600 people in the United States had the surname Janice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 514,576 Americans. It ranked 37,180th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Janice?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Janice identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Janice?
    Janice is /ˈd͡ʒænɪs/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Janice getting more or less common?
    Less common. 627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 600 in 2010, down 4.3%.
    What are other spellings of Janice?
    Jan, Janis and Janyce.
    Is Janice also a first name?
    Yes. Janice 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.