How common is the surname Janzen?

3,072 people in the United States had the surname Janzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,503 Americans. It ranked 10,465th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Janzen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Janzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Janzen?

Daniel H. Janzen, American biologist.

Where is the surname Janzen most common?

Wikidata records people named Janzen in the United States.

Is the surname Janzen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,072 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Janzen

A surname, carried by 3,072 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). Janzen is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,072 people named Janzen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,503 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,960.

#10,465

rank among US surnames

3,072

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,043)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,458	Hagar	3,075	100,405
#10,459	Doria	3,074	100,438
#10,462	Stecker	3,073	100,470
#10,465	Janzen	3,072	100,503
#10,466	McAlpin	3,071	100,536
#10,468	Carreiro	3,070	100,569
#10,471	Cevallos	3,069	100,601

Who is named Janzen

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

94% of people named Janzen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Janzens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel H. Janzen
American biologist, born 1939

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Janzen

Janzen 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 Janzen?: 3,072 people in the United States had the surname Janzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,503 Americans. It ranked 10,465th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Janzen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Janzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Janzen?: Daniel H. Janzen, American biologist.
Where is the surname Janzen most common?: Wikidata records people named Janzen in the United States.
Is the surname Janzen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,072 in 2010, up 3.8%.