Janicke

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from the personal name, a Polish form of John

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

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

Janicke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In the Bahamas it is the 38th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 39K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 694K
  • BSBahamas≈1 in 18K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Janicke itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,000 people, est.

Sources
142 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

Bahamas, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Jänicke in DE Germany.

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)

from the personal name, a Polish form of John.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Janicke 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 Janicke is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 39K—Jänicke90
US United States—4791 in 694K479Janicke142
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈430 est.≈1 in 237K—Janicke1
IT Italy—≈75 est.≈1 in 834K—Janicke1
GB United Kingdom—≈73 est.≈1 in 896K—Janicke15
DK Denmark—38as Jaenicke1 in 154K38——
BS Bahamas#38≈19 est.≈1 in 18K—Janicke2
NO Norway—≈17 est.≈1 in 328K2.1K—20

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; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)

Janicke is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Norwegian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, Sweden, Denmark

    Languages: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

    Also written Jänicke

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jänicke

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada

    Also written Jänicke

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jänicke

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Egypt

    Also written Jänicke

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States

    Also written Jänicke

29 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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 Janicke,
InformalHi Janicke,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Janicke
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010479#44,808
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020474#48,145
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000432#46,426
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Janicke mean, and where does it come from?
from the personal name, a Polish form of John. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Janicke?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒænɪk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Janicke have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Janicke in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jänicke.
How common is the name Janicke?
In the United States, the national register counted 479 people named Janicke in 2010, about 1 in 694 thousand residents.
How common is Janicke compared with other names?
In the Bahamas, Janicke is the 38th most common surname of 3,175 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Janicke” — the 38th most common surname in Bahamas. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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