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    The surname Janowski

    A Polish surname, carried by 2,047 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex J520

    Janowski: #14,558 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Janowski #14,558, 2,047 people Janowski: #14,558 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Janowski #14,558, 2,047 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Janowski is more common than 91% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Janowski.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,047 people named Janowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,828 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,020.

    #14,558
    rank among US surnames
    2,047
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,755)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,549Gammill2,048150,755
    #14,558McCardle2,047150,828
    #14,564Copas2,046150,902

    Who is named Janowski

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

    96% of people named Janowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Janowski

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

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Janowski come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Janowski.
    How common is the surname Janowski?
    2,047 people in the United States had the surname Janowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,828 Americans. It ranked 14,558th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Janowski?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Janowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Janowski getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,047 in 2010, up 1.3%.