Janich

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Jan/Jan(n), wohl mit slaw

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʒənɪtʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Janich is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 121K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M
  • CZCzechia1 in 160K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈660 people, est.

Sources
118 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 121K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Jan/Jan(n), wohl mit slaw. Suffix -ich; evtl. verkürztes -ichen/-igen. 369 Träger.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Janich counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Janich is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈660 est.≈1 in 121K—Janich69
US United States1831 in 1.8M183Janich118
CZ Czechia671 in 160K68——
PL Poland431 in 890K26Janich1
BR Brazil381 in 5.6M38——
AT Austria≈11 est.≈1 in 830K—Janich8
DK Denmark≈6 est.≈1 in 1.1M41——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Janich is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States

    Languages: Polish, Czech

    Also written Jänich

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jänich

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jänich

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Janich is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Jan/Johann; keine Bearerzahl auf dieser Seite.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, patronymisch zu Johann/Jan; Typ mit -ich, Varianten Janich und Jänich; 369 Tokens.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

188019001920194019601980Franz Janich, b. 1895Peter Janich, b. 1942Nina Janich, b. 1968Oliver Janich, b. 1969Steffen Janich, b. 1971

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Janich,
InformalHi Janich,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Janich
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010183#98,982
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020166#112,515
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000160#103,706
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—68#9,253
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—67#23,453
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—38#126,822
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202626—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—26#76,392
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202617—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—17#98,606
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Janich?
A machine transcription gives /ʒənɪtʃ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Janich mean?
Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Jan/Jan(n), wohl mit slaw.
In which country does Janich have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 661 people named Janich in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled janich.
How common is the name Janich?
In the United States, the national register counted 183 people named Janich in 2010, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Janich”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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