How common is the surname Janssen?

11,423 people in the United States had the surname Janssen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,028 Americans. It ranked 3,160th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Janssen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Janssen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Janssen?

David Janssen, American actor (1931–1980), followed by Paul Janssen.

Where is the surname Janssen most common?

Wikidata records people named Janssen in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Janssen getting more or less common?

More common. 10,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,423 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Janssen

A surname, carried by 11,423 people in the United States.

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). Janssen is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,423 people named Janssen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,028 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,720.

#3,160

rank among US surnames

11,423

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,100)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,151	Barbee	11,470	26,918
#3,152	Butterfield	11,468	26,922
#3,153	Franz	11,462	26,936
#3,154	Keane	11,459	26,943
#3,155	Gooch	11,453	26,958
#3,156	Baumgartner	11,448	26,969
#3,157	Devore	11,445	26,976

Who is named Janssen

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

95% of people named Janssen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Janssens

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Janssen
American actor (1931–1980)
Paul Janssen
Belgian scientist, founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica (1926–2003)
Werner Janssen
American conductor (1899-1990)
Cam Janssen
American ice hockey player, born 1984
Camille Janssen
Belgian colonial civil servant and lawyer, 1837–1926

Notable Janssens come mostly from the United States (3) and Belgium (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Janssen

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

Questions

How common is the surname Janssen?: 11,423 people in the United States had the surname Janssen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,028 Americans. It ranked 3,160th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Janssen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Janssen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Janssen?: David Janssen, American actor (1931–1980), followed by Paul Janssen.
Where is the surname Janssen most common?: Wikidata records people named Janssen in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Janssen getting more or less common?: More common. 10,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,423 in 2010, up 6.6%.