Explore the Family Name Janisch

The meaning of Janisch

1. Germanized form (also Jänisch) of Sorbian Janiš: from a derivative of the personal name Jan ‘John’ (or directly of its Latin/German form Johannes). 2. Germanized form of Polish Janiś or Janisz, Czech and Slovak Janiš (see Janis). Compare Janish and Yanish. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Ludwina, Wilhelm.

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How common is the last name Janisch in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Janisch has shown a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 20,512th in popularity and dropped to 21,260th in 2010, a change of -3.65%. However, the count of people with this surname increased slightly from 1,202 in 2000 to 1,233 in 2010, marking a 2.58% increase. The proportion per 100k also decreased by -6.67% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,512	#21,260	-3.65%
Count	1,202	1,233	2.58%
Proportion per 100k	0.45	0.42	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Janisch

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Janisch has seen some changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of those identified as White fell slightly from 96.51% in 2000 to 95.54% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of Hispanic individuals grew from 1.83% to 2.03%. One significant change was observed in the category of "Two or more races," which saw an increase from 0.58% to 1.14%. Notably, the data showed no individuals with Asian/Pacific Islander or Black ethnicity in both years. There were no American Indian and Alaskan Natives reported under this surname in 2000, but a percentage of 0.65 was reported in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.51%	95.54%	-1.01%
Hispanic	1.83%	2.03%	10.93%
Two or More Races	0.58%	1.14%	96.55%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.65%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.67%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%