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The JAHNKE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,051 7570 0.002 15
United States (1880 census) 215 18269 0 4
Change since 1880 +3836 +10699 +N/A +11
Other Countries
Australia 132 11133 0.001 8
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for JAHNKE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wisconsin 1,138 409 0.021 212
Minnesota 587 834 0.012 119
Illinois 303 4141 0.002 24
California 209 11750 0.001 6
Texas 195 8927 0.001 9
Top States for JAHNKE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wisconsin 1,138 409 0.021 212
Minnesota 587 834 0.012 119
North Dakota 40 2557 0.006 62
Iowa 104 3939 0.004 36
Nebraska 53 4743 0.003 31

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called JAHNKE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called JAHNKE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called JAHNKE in Wisconsin than any other state, but you are more likely to find a JAHNKE by picking someone at random in Wisconsin than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of JAHNKE

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Germany

Language of origin: German

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JAHNKE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of JAHNKE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 43 1.06
Mixed Race 26 0.64
Asian/Pacific 16 0.39
Native American/Alaskan 14 0.35
Black/African American 6 0.15
White (Caucasian) 3,946 97.41

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the JAHNKE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of JAHNKE in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of JAHNKE.

Similar names to JAHNKE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JAHNKE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for JAHNKE

The following words are slight variants of JAHNKE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.