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    The surname Jantzen

    A surname, carried by 1,590 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex J532

    Jantzen: #17,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jantzen #17,662, 1,590 people Jantzen: #17,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jantzen #17,662, 1,590 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jantzen is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,590 people named Jantzen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,180 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,557.

    #17,662
    rank among US surnames
    1,590
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,657Dattilo1,591194,058
    #17,662Brownstein1,590194,180
    #17,668Moravec1,589194,302

    Who is named Jantzen

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

    95% of people named Jantzen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    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 Jantzen

    Jantzen has the Soundex code J532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J532.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Jantzen?
    1,590 people in the United States had the surname Jantzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,180 Americans. It ranked 17,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jantzen?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jantzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Jantzen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,557 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,590 in 2010, up 2.1%.