Explore the Family Name Jeanette

The meaning of Jeanette

1. Variant of Jeannette, a surname of Italian and French origin. 2. Altered form of English Jennett (and possibly also a variant of the same American French surname) developed via Jeannette. History: One of the Americans, whose name changed, sometime before 1900, from Jeannette to Jeanette, was Richard Hezekiah Jeannette from TN. He was the son of Joseph W. Jennett.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Jeanette has seen a decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 49,366 in popularity with 400 individuals carrying this surname, representing 0.15 per 100k. By 2010, however, its rank fell to 71,886 with only 271 individuals carrying this surname, indicating a 32.25% decrease in count and a proportion of 0.09 per 100k. This equates to an overall change in popularity of -45.62%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,366	#71,886	-45.62%
Count	400	271	-32.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.09	-40%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jeanette

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some changes for those with the surname Jeanette between 2000 and 2010. The majority identified as White, although there was a slight reduction from 85.25% in 2000 to 83.03% in 2010. Those identifying as Black saw an increase from 6.5% to 9.23%. The number of people identifying as Hispanic dropped from 4.25% to 3.69%. There was no data available regarding Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native affiliations. Interestingly, there was a new category reported in 2010: two or more races, which accounted for 2.95% of people with this surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	85.25%	83.03%	-2.6%
Black	6.5%	9.23%	42%
Hispanic	4.25%	3.69%	-13.18%
Two or More Races	0%	2.95%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.5%	0%	0%