Explore the Family Name Jasani

The meaning of Jasani

Indian (mainly Gujarat): Lohana and Vaishya name from Sindh, presumably derived from the personal name of an ancestor beginning with Jas- + the suffix -ani ‘descendant of’ (see Ani).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Jasani has seen a notable increase from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Jasani was ranked as the 86,992nd most popular surname in the United States. By 2010, it had climbed up to the 65,964th position, marking an impressive growth rate of 24.17%. The number of individuals bearing this last name also increased by over half, going from 199 in 2000 to around 300 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people similarly saw an increase of 42.86 percent during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#86,992	#65,964	24.17%
Count	199	300	50.75%
Proportion per 100k	0.07	0.1	42.86%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jasani

As for its ethnic identity, the Jasani surname is largely associated with Asian/Pacific Islander heritage. In 2000, an overwhelming 93.47% of those with the Jasani surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. By 2010, this percentage had slightly decreased to 92.67%, but still overwhelmingly represented the majority ethnicity. During that same decade, the data shows new associations with other ethnic identities like White (2.33%) and Black (1.67%). There's also a small percentage that identified with two or more races (2.00%). Interestingly, the percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Native dropped to zero by 2010, after previously being at 2.51% in the year 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	93.47%	92.67%	-0.86%
White	0%	2.33%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	2%	0%
Black	0%	1.67%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.51%	0%	0%