# Janis (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/janis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,233 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,821 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,938 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (3,814 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Janis in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 17% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Janis in the United States.

## People named Janis

- Elsie Janis, American actress (1889-1956)
- Dorothy Janis, actress (1912-2010)
- Conrad Janis, American actor and musician (1928–2022)
- Byron Janis, American musician (1928–2024)
- Irving Janis, American psychologist (1918–1990)

## Similar surnames

Janes, Jaynes, Janus, Jeans, Jeanes, Janz, Jahns, Janice, Jaimes, Jang, Janik, Janowski.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.