Last Name JAYNES

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Meaning	The son of Jan, i.e. John. Hence also Jannings for Jennings, or Jankin for Jenkin. In the North there was a strong tendency towards Jan. Johnson is entered as Janson from 1500 to 1700 in some church registers.

Origin	English

Rank	5,615 (2000 US census)	4,092 (1990 US census)

Count	5,667 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.82%, or 5090 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.93%, or 336 total occurrences, as black,
0.37%, or 21 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.74%, or 42 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.59%, or 90 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.55%, or 88 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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