Find out how popular the last name Jahner is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Jahner.

Jahner, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Jahner surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jahner in America

Jahner is the 32438th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jahner surname appeared 709 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Jahner.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jahner to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Jahner

The surname Jahner is of German origin, derived from the medieval German personal name Johann or Johannes, which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious." The name Jahner likely emerged in the 13th or 14th century as a patronymic surname, indicating "son of Johann."

Jahner is a variant spelling of the more common German surname Jäger, which means "hunter" or "huntsman." It is possible that some families with the surname Jahner originally derived their name from an occupation associated with hunting or forestry.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Jahner can be found in the records of the city of Augsburg, Bavaria, in the late 15th century. A certain Hans Jahner is mentioned as a merchant in these records, dated around 1480.

Another early record of the name comes from the village of Großenhain, near Dresden, Saxony, where a family of Jahners is recorded as landowners and farmers in the 16th century.

Notable individuals with the surname Jahner throughout history include:

1. Johann Jahner (c. 1570-1645), a German composer and organist from the town of Zittau, Saxony.
2. Friedrich Jahner (1863-1920), a German sculptor and painter known for his works depicting scenes from Greek mythology.
3. Gertrud Jahner (1876-1957), a German writer and journalist who published several novels and short stories in the early 20th century.
4. Wilhelm Jahner (1888-1968), a German architect who designed several notable buildings in Berlin and other German cities in the 1920s and 1930s.
5. Hans-Joachim Jahner (1914-1998), a German military officer who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II and later became a prominent aviation historian.

The name Jahner has also been associated with various place names in Germany, such as Jahnersdorf, a village in Saxony, and Jahnshof, a farmstead near Erfurt, Thuringia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jahner

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Jahner.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Jahner was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Jahner has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Jahner was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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