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The Jany surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 267 people carried this name — #72,771 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 17% from 229 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

619 people named Jany have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 763 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 242
Greater Poland 182
Lower Silesian 62
Opole 40
West Pomeranian 29
Łódź 20
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 14
Lesser Poland 10

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 546 people named Jany.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Tarn.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Tarn 85
Haute-Garonne 79
Aveyron 74
Paris 71
Hérault 37
Ariège 31
Isère 15
Côtes-d’Armor 13

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Jany live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Schaffhausen.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Schaffhausen 12
Zurich 9
Aargau 6
Vaud 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

20 people named Jany is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 20

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Jany,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacques Jany
    Jacques Jany 1896– · bobsledder
  • Kazimierz Jany 1827–1863 · cleric
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Jany 1842– · military personnel
  • Wilhelm Jany 1873–1954 · agronomist
  • Margarete Jany 1874–1940
  • Alex Jany 1929–2001 · swimmer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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