Explore the Family Name Janway

The meaning of Janway

English (Hampshire): variant of Janeway.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Janway slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname dropped from 72,905 in 2000 to 78,821 in 2010, indicating a decrease in popularity by 8.11 percent. Furthermore, the total count of people with the Janway surname also decreased from 248 in 2000 to 242 in 2010, showing a small decline of 2.42 percent. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the surname Janway per 100,000 people decreased by 11.11 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#72,905	#78,821	-8.11%
Count	248	242	-2.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Janway

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Janway, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were noticeable shifts between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased from 83.47 percent in 2000 to 74.79 percent in 2010. On the other hand, those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native increased from 10.48 percent in 2000 to 15.70 percent in 2010, marking a significant increase of 49.81 percent. Individuals who identified as belonging to two or more races also increased from 3.63 percent to 6.20 percent. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010 that was not present in 2000. However, there was no recorded change for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.47%	74.79%	-10.4%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	10.48%	15.7%	49.81%
Two or More Races	3.63%	6.2%	70.8%
Hispanic	0%	2.48%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%