Janney Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 31
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Janney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Janney family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Farmer 3
Independent 2
Female Servant 2
Labourer 1
Carpenter 1
Joiner 1
Shoe Maker 1
Wheel Wright 1
Shoe M 1
Tide Waiter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Janney

Name Census Frequency
William Janney 65
Mary Janney 63
George Janney 59
John Janney 35
Elizabeth Janney 32
Sarah Janney 31
Charles Janney 25
Ann Janney 24
Robert Janney 22
Alice Janney 21
Annie Janney 19
James Janney 17
Solomon Janney 14
Thomas Janney 14
Eliza Janney 12
Ellen Janney 12
Fanny Janney 11
Arthur Janney 10
Edith Janney 10
Harriet Janney 10
Lucy Janney 10
Edward Janney 9
Ernest Janney 8
Jane Janney 8
Florence Janney 7

Janney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jenney 83% 2,371
2 Janney 100% 914
3 Jenny 67% 561
4 Janny 83% 103

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The surname Janney is the 2nd most popular variant of Jenney.

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