Jan Forename
242nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,353,657 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia
Jan Forename Definition:
A Welsh form of John, it is also a shortening of Janet and a variant of Jane.
Jan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 100% | 319,142 | 1:33 | 1 |
| Poland | 100% | 279,715 | 1:136 | 33 |
| United States | 65% | 260,461 | 1:1,392 | 300 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 236,473 | 1:71 | 1 |
| South Africa | 100% | 144,631 | 1:377 | 14 |
| Sweden | 100% | 130,598 | 1:75 | 6 |
| Germany | 100% | 116,234 | 1:832 | 198 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 100,723 | 1:1,930 | 351 |
| India | 80% | 86,345 | 1:14,070 | 1,949 |
| Belgium | 100% | 77,329 | 1:149 | 8 |
| Afghanistan | 88% | 75,006 | 1:435 | 60 |
| Norway | 100% | 73,825 | 1:70 | 2 |
| Philippines | 87% | 57,876 | 1:1,832 | 379 |
| Denmark | - | 51,636 | 1:109 | 9 |
| Canada | 54% | 47,016 | 1:705 | 148 |
| England | 63% | 30,448 | 1:1,826 | 324 |
| Australia | - | 28,016 | 1:487 | 114 |
| Lebanon | 93% | 25,326 | 1:222 | 28 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 20,535 | 1:259 | 57 |
| New Zealand | - | 14,959 | 1:303 | 44 |
| Iran | 100% | 14,648 | 1:5,359 | 584 |
| Mozambique | - | 12,480 | 1:2,183 | 479 |
| Spain | 100% | 11,077 | 1:4,201 | 438 |
| Syria | - | 10,937 | 1:1,765 | 314 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 10,128 | 1:25,470 | 3,489 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10,060 | 1:244 | 44 |
| Thailand | 92% | 9,051 | 1:7,741 | 1,292 |
| Sudan | 100% | 8,527 | 1:4,434 | 706 |
| Finland | 100% | 6,097 | 1:899 | 206 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5,914 | 1:1,389 | 291 |
| Egypt | 62% | 5,617 | 1:16,361 | 1,330 |
| Serbia | 100% | 4,851 | 1:1,473 | 285 |
| Brazil | 100% | 4,773 | 1:44,885 | 3,259 |
| Bangladesh | 86% | 4,766 | 1:33,458 | 3,276 |
| Lithuania | 99% | 3,346 | 1:882 | 200 |
| Austria | 100% | 3,319 | 1:2,565 | 317 |
| France | 100% | 3,267 | 1:20,346 | 924 |
| Scotland | 82% | 2,677 | 1:1,999 | 295 |
| Angola | - | 2,024 | 1:13,323 | 1,369 |
| Estonia | 99% | 1,812 | 1:726 | 178 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,741 | 1:11,518 | 931 |
| Malaysia | 66% | 1,688 | 1:18,039 | 1,846 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,645 | 1:12,644 | 1,825 |
| Ghana | - | 1,629 | 1:16,566 | 1,344 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,618 | 1:60,297 | 5,277 |
| Oman | 93% | 1,520 | 1:2,703 | 387 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,324 | 1:22,811 | 1,843 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,303 | 1:8,006 | 1,008 |
| Iraq | 100% | 1,255 | 1:27,903 | 1,327 |
| Wales | 64% | 1,247 | 1:2,481 | 410 |
| Portugal | - | 1,116 | 1:9,329 | 588 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,102 | 1:502 | 55 |
| Namibia | - | 1,085 | 1:2,216 | 417 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,059 | 1:3,353 | 360 |
| Peru | 98% | 1,058 | 1:30,049 | 1,988 |
| Kazakhstan | 70% | 1,013 | 1:17,519 | 1,179 |
| Ireland | 87% | 896 | 1:5,182 | 506 |
| Colombia | 99% | 752 | 1:63,536 | 2,549 |
| Mexico | 95% | 741 | 1:167,536 | 3,281 |
| China | - | 669 | 1:2,041,937 | 43,634 |
| Kuwait | - | 655 | 1:5,779 | 741 |
| Nigeria | 71% | 607 | 1:292,528 | 11,014 |
| Russia | 91% | 574 | 1:251,278 | 3,457 |
| Chile | 94% | 570 | 1:30,890 | 1,376 |
| Qatar | 94% | 542 | 1:4,372 | 690 |
| Italy | 94% | 503 | 1:121,396 | 2,099 |
| Singapore | 74% | 482 | 1:13,044 | 2,566 |
| Kenya | 84% | 433 | 1:106,945 | 5,494 |
| Greece | 100% | 421 | 1:25,973 | 1,166 |
| Uzbekistan | 75% | 388 | 1:79,346 | 2,474 |
| Saint Martin | - | 384 | 1:93 | 26 |
| Morocco | - | 382 | 1:89,918 | 3,081 |
| Malawi | 100% | 381 | 1:44,914 | 3,117 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 380 | 1:1,484 | 268 |
| Japan | - | 367 | 1:348,736 | 9,292 |
| Hong Kong | - | 356 | 1:21,777 | 2,168 |
| Croatia | 100% | 351 | 1:12,014 | 855 |
| Greenland | - | 348 | 1:162 | 19 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 342 | 1:45,099 | 4,033 |
| Aruba | - | 338 | 1:307 | 19 |
| Ecuador | - | 334 | 1:53,075 | 1,820 |
| Mali | - | 331 | 1:51,292 | 2,831 |
| Panama | 100% | 330 | 1:11,838 | 1,467 |
| Malta | - | 324 | 1:1,325 | 283 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 314 | 1:496 | 144 |
| Botswana | 100% | 306 | 1:7,139 | 1,119 |
| Bahrain | - | 296 | 1:4,556 | 731 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 281 | 1:262,732 | 10,825 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57% | 271 | 1:30,082 | 3,002 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 265 | 1:89,697 | 11,080 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 248 | 1:198 | 19 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 246 | 1:29,073 | 2,839 |
| Guatemala | 67% | 234 | 1:68,839 | 1,900 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Moldova | 100% | 221 | 1:16,114 | 572 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Jordan | 60% | 173 | 1:51,022 | 1,561 |
| Brunei | - | 172 | 1:2,439 | 258 |
| Northern Ireland | 66% | 162 | 1:11,377 | 806 |
| Guernsey | - | 162 | 1:391 | 100 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Costa Rica | 96% | 156 | 1:30,564 | 1,710 |
| Turkey | 88% | 154 | 1:505,206 | 7,028 |
| Tajikistan | 67% | 133 | 1:62,969 | 2,408 |
| Belarus | 96% | 113 | 1:83,915 | 904 |
| Iceland | 100% | 103 | 1:3,554 | 480 |
| Uganda | 60% | 103 | 1:397,640 | 10,192 |
| Barbados | - | 87 | 1:3,331 | 615 |
| Hungary | 96% | 81 | 1:120,886 | 795 |
| Jamaica | - | 80 | 1:36,040 | 2,315 |
| Zambia | - | 80 | 1:198,185 | 6,970 |
| Bahamas | - | 73 | 1:5,471 | 825 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 73 | 1:82,443 | 3,137 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 67 | 1:20,320 | 2,397 |
| Argentina | 91% | 62 | 1:689,891 | 4,321 |
| Vietnam | 74% | 61 | 1:1,518,412 | 2,988 |
| Monaco | 100% | 60 | 1:641 | 120 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Honduras | 100% | 58 | 1:152,025 | 4,063 |
| Cameroon | 91% | 56 | 1:385,902 | 13,504 |
| Liberia | 56% | 56 | 1:78,787 | 3,640 |
| Mauritius | - | 54 | 1:24,033 | 2,087 |
| Jersey | 100% | 51 | 1:1,960 | 366 |
| South Korea | - | 51 | 1:108,714 | 5,370 |
| Rwanda | - | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 49 | 1:1,077,313 | 20,210 |
| Armenia | 100% | 48 | 1:60,807 | 2,004 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 48 | 1:2,286 | 461 |
| Turkmenistan | 60% | 47 | 1:116,444 | 1,215 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| Bhutan | 52% | 43 | 1:19,184 | 919 |
| Latvia | 61% | 39 | 1:51,683 | 1,411 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Georgia | 98% | 38 | 1:98,381 | 3,625 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Myanmar | - | 36 | 1:1,443,008 | 744 |
| Andorra | - | 32 | 1:2,590 | 292 |
| Guyana | 100% | 31 | 1:24,621 | 2,839 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Ukraine | - | 30 | 1:1,516,664 | 4,310 |
| Palestine | 64% | 29 | 1:156,899 | 2,194 |
| Cambodia | - | 27 | 1:602,716 | 11,871 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Albania | 100% | 25 | 1:121,863 | 7,827 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 25 | 1:2,452 | 535 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 24 | 1:142,818 | 3,137 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 23 | 1:29,431 | 1,879 |
| New Caledonia | - | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 83% | 20 | 1:298,664 | 11,960 |
| Nepal | 100% | 20 | 1:1,424,368 | 26,341 |
| Saint Lucia | 73% | 20 | 1:8,891 | 1,267 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 19 | 1:33,399 | 1,877 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Isle of Man | 83% | 16 | 1:5,314 | 180 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 16 | 1:2,366 | 345 |
| Niger | 75% | 14 | 1:1,370,285 | 19,237 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 14 | 1:166 | 12 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| El Salvador | - | 12 | 1:528,482 | 4,653 |
| Haiti | - | 12 | 1:893,913 | 14,160 |
| Laos | - | 12 | 1:548,905 | 491 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 12 | 1:603,067 | 5,347 |
| Bulgaria | - | 11 | 1:635,490 | 8,785 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 11 | 1:79,189 | 2,418 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 11 | 1:185,454 | 13,249 |
| Azerbaijan | 75% | 9 | 1:1,071,438 | 15,295 |
| Chad | - | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Congo | 50% | 9 | 1:556,578 | 9,819 |
| Macau | - | 9 | 1:67,579 | 641 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 8 | 1:261,345 | 7,184 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Benin | - | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 6 | 1:40,570 | 1,514 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Marshall Islands | 83% | 6 | 1:8,538 | 1,253 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 6 | 1:96,826 | 5,869 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 5 | 1:3,675,894 | 52,713 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 5 | 1:95,128 | 1,169 |
| Yemen | - | 5 | 1:5,259,350 | 4,986 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Belize | 100% | 3 | 1:118,103 | 5,590 |
| Cape Verde | - | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Israel | 84% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 3 | 1:2,105 | 306 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Ján (281,296), Jàn (3), Jän (2) & Jãn (1) are calculated separately.
Jan (695,882) may also be a surname.
Jan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Welsh form of John, it is also a shortening of Janet and a variant of Jane.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
An Anglo-Norman form of John.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Jan Forename Popularity
Jan Demographics
Average Male Jan Height
176.52 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 3,587 (2014)
Average Female Jan Height
164.1 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 582 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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