How common is the surname Jansen?

16,596 people in the United States had the surname Jansen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,604 Americans. It ranked 2,189th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jansen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jansen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jansen?

Cornelius Jansen, Bishop and theologian (1585-1638), followed by Dan Jansen.

Where is the surname Jansen most common?

Wikidata records people named Jansen in the United States, Southern Netherlands and Australia and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Jansen?

Jansen is /ˈd͡ʒænsən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Jansen getting more or less common?

More common. 16,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,596 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Jansen

A Dutch surname, carried by 16,596 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒænsən/ 2 syllables Soundex J525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jansen is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Through immigration from Dutch Jansen. Doublet of Johnson.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,596 people named Jansen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,604 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,036.

#2,189

rank among US surnames

16,596

people in 2010

5.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,072)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,180	Ulrich	16,668	18,523
#2,181	Chau	16,667	18,524
#2,182	German	16,661	18,531
#2,183	Schulte	16,658	18,534
#2,184	Conroy	16,651	18,542
#2,185	Hooker	16,646	18,548
#2,186	Thayer	16,625	18,571

Who is named Jansen

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

94% of people named Jansen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jansens

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cornelius Jansen
Bishop and theologian (1585-1638)
Dan Jansen
American speed skater, born 1965
Mallory Jansen
Australian actress, born 1989
Marius B. Jansen
American historian (1922-2000)
Cornelius Jansen
Bishop of Ghent, 1510–1576
Harry August Jansen
American magician (1883–1955)

Notable Jansens come mostly from the United States (2), Southern Netherlands (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jansen

Jansen has the Soundex code J525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J525.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jansen come from?: Through immigration from Dutch Jansen. Doublet of Johnson.
How common is the surname Jansen?: 16,596 people in the United States had the surname Jansen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,604 Americans. It ranked 2,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jansen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jansen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jansen?: Cornelius Jansen, Bishop and theologian (1585-1638), followed by Dan Jansen.
Where is the surname Jansen most common?: Wikidata records people named Jansen in the United States, Southern Netherlands and Australia and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Jansen?: Jansen is /ˈd͡ʒænsən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Jansen getting more or less common?: More common. 16,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,596 in 2010, up 3.5%.