How common is the surname Janik?

3,265 people in the United States had the surname Janik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,562 Americans. It ranked 9,901st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Janik?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Janik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Janik?

Doug Janik, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Janik most common?

Wikidata records people named Janik in the United States.

Is the surname Janik getting more or less common?

More common. 3,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,265 in 2010, up 8.2%.

The surname Janik

A surname, carried by 3,265 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Janik is more common than 93.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,265 people named Janik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,562 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,017.

#9,901

rank among US surnames

3,265

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+8.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,872)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,894	Gwynn	3,268	94,475
#9,895	Schiavone	3,267	94,504
#9,899	Chacko	3,266	94,533
#9,901	Janik	3,265	94,562
#9,902	Stickler	3,264	94,591
#9,907	Chamblee	3,263	94,620
#9,910	Everly	3,262	94,649

Who is named Janik

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

95% of people named Janik identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Janiks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Doug Janik
American ice hockey player, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Janik

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

Questions

How common is the surname Janik?: 3,265 people in the United States had the surname Janik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,562 Americans. It ranked 9,901st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Janik?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Janik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Janik?: Doug Janik, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Janik most common?: Wikidata records people named Janik in the United States.
Is the surname Janik getting more or less common?: More common. 3,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,265 in 2010, up 8.2%.