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    The surname Janz

    A German surname, carried by 1,171 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex J520

    Janz: #22,106 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Janz #22,106, 1,171 people Janz: #22,106 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Janz #22,106, 1,171 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Janz is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Janz.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,171 people named Janz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 263,660 Americans. That is down 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,252.

    #22,106
    rank among US surnames
    1,171
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,865)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,106Cebula1,171263,660
    #22,113Mansoor1,170263,885

    Who is named Janz

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

    93% of people named Janz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    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 Janz

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Janz come from?
    Borrowed from German Janz.
    How common is the surname Janz?
    1,171 people in the United States had the surname Janz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,660 Americans. It ranked 22,106th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Janz?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Janz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Janz getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,171 in 2010, down 6.5%.