The Janik surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,017 people carried this name — #9,872 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 89,300 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
22,529 people named Janik have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 24,953 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 226 people named Janik.
93 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
86 people named Janik live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Janik in American newspapers,
1892–1944.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,326 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Janik,
with a public archive behind them.
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Janik János 1797–1881 -
Stanisław Janik 1838–1916 · organist -
Michał Janik 1874–1948 · teacher -
Antoni Józef Janik 1892–1940 -
Stanisław Janik 1895–1981 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 107 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Janik.
- Janes 7,489 · U.S. census
- Janet 451 · U.S. census
- Janey 619 · U.S. census
- Janiak 779 · U.S. census
- Janicki 1,964 · U.S. census
- Janiec 289 · U.S. census
- Janin 133 · U.S. census
- Janis 3,814 · U.S. census
- Janiszewski 1,192 · U.S. census
- Jankovic 577 · U.S. census
- Jankowiak 610 · U.S. census
- Jankowski 9,060 · U.S. census
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