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

Jeanty, 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 Jeanty surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jeanty in America

Jeanty is the 15625th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jeanty surname appeared 1,870 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Jeanty.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jeanty 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 Jeanty

The surname Jeanty is of French origin, derived from the Old French word "gent" or "gente," meaning "noble" or "well-born." It likely originated in the northern regions of France during the medieval period, around the 12th to 14th centuries.

The name Jeanty is closely related to the French name Genty, which shares the same etymological roots. It is believed that the name Jeanty evolved as a variant spelling or a diminutive form of Genty, with the addition of the suffix "-y" or "-ty."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jeanty can be found in the Cartulaire de Cambrai, a collection of medieval charters and documents from the region of Cambrai in northern France, dating back to the 13th century. In this document, a certain "Johannes Gentius" is mentioned, which could be an early form of the surname Jeanty.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Jeanty appeared in various records and documents across northern France, particularly in the regions of Picardy, Normandy, and Île-de-France. Notable individuals bearing this surname include Michel Jeanty, a French painter and engraver born in 1628 in Rouen, and Jacques Jeanty, a French playwright and poet who lived in the late 17th century.

In the 18th century, the name Jeanty gained prominence in the Caribbean region, particularly in the French colonies of Haiti and Martinique. One of the most famous figures with this surname was Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803), the leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti, whose full name was François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture Jeanty.

Other notable individuals with the surname Jeanty include Jean-Baptiste Jeanty (1800-1861), a Haitian politician and military leader, and Louis-Joseph Jeanty (1844-1916), a Haitian writer and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Haiti.

The name Jeanty has also been associated with certain place names in France, such as the hamlet of Jeanty in the commune of Avoine, in the department of Indre-et-Loire. Additionally, there are variations of the name, such as Jeanty-Ruard and Jeanty-Sarre, which may indicate family lines or branches of the same surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jeanty

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

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 Jeanty 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 Jeanty 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 Jeanty was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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