How common is the surname Jansky?

1,063 people in the United States had the surname Jansky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. It ranked 23,785th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jansky?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jansky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jansky?

Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer.

Where is the surname Jansky most common?

Wikidata records people named Jansky in the United States.

Is the surname Jansky getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,063 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Jansky

A surname, carried by 1,063 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). Jansky is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,063 people named Jansky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,068.

#23,785

rank among US surnames

1,063

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,481)

Who is named Jansky

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

95% of people named Jansky identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Janskys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Guthe Jansky
American physicist and radio engineer, 1905–1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jansky

Jansky 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 Jansky?: 1,063 people in the United States had the surname Jansky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. It ranked 23,785th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jansky?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jansky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jansky?: Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer.
Where is the surname Jansky most common?: Wikidata records people named Jansky in the United States.
Is the surname Jansky getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,063 in 2010, down 0.5%.