How common is the surname Janke?

3,977 people in the United States had the surname Janke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,633 Americans. It ranked 8,330th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Janke?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Janke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Janke getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,977 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Janke

A surname, carried by 3,977 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex J520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Janke is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

From the Low German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Jan. More at Janke.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,977 people named Janke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,633 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,062.

#8,330

rank among US surnames

3,977

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,550)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,322	Kantor	3,982	77,535
#8,323	Fleischer	3,981	77,555
#8,328	Bowker	3,980	77,574
#8,330	Sawicki	3,977	77,633
#8,332	Hollar	3,976	77,652
#8,333	Kapp	3,974	77,691
#8,335	Jardine	3,973	77,711

Who is named Janke

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

95% of people named Janke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Janke

Janke 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 Janke come from?: From the Low German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Jan. More at Janke.
How common is the surname Janke?: 3,977 people in the United States had the surname Janke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,633 Americans. It ranked 8,330th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Janke?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Janke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Janke getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,977 in 2010, down 2.1%.