Last Name JANS

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Meaning The son of Jan, i.e. John. Hence also Jannings for Jennings, or Jankin for Jenkin. In the North there was a strong tendency towards Jan. Johnson is entered as Janson from 1500 to 1700 in some church registers.
Origin English, Dutch, Irish, Austrian, Belgian, Flemish

Rank 22,039 (2000 US census) 56,514 (1990 US census)
Count 1,096 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.26%, or 1044 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 1.55%, or 17 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.73%, or 8 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.92%, or 21 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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