Janks is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Janks
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Janks

How popular is Janks?

Janks is ranked 255909 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Jankses plummeted by 2.094241 per cent to 187 since 2000 and slipped by 7315 spots and ranked at 97210. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.26 96.86
Janks is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in South Africa which may be its originating country too. Around 1238 people have been found who wears Janks as their family name. Janks is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
11,736 Lithuania2
897,276 Russia1
53,033 Nigeria1
492,292 Ukraine1
66,560 Philippines1
11,510 Oman1
6,967 Macedonia1
16,073 Latvia1
49,529 Israel1
169,904 Brazil1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
55,986 Australia33
155,219 England16
156,482 Canada14
Countries with hundreds of Janks:
9,017 South Africa712
76,909 United States313
28,858 Tanzania134

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old miner Thomas Janks who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on August 15, 1849 by Hartford put out from Liverpool.

Janks Namesakes

  • Captain Janks, Film actor

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