Jahnigen Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Jahnigen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jahnigen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1631:2,223,674139,425
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Jähnigen (419) are calculated separately.

Jahnigen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jahnigen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jahnigen has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear as a variant: Jähnigen. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jahnigen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jahnigen is the 1,321,499th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Jahnigen live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 2,223,674. In The United States Jahnigen is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 40 percent reside, Florida, where 11 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Jahnigen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jahnigen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,811 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jahnigen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Jahnigen last name are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.54% registered with the political party.

The amount Jahnigen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 15.41% more than the national average, earning 399,425 kr per year and in United States they earn 2.37% more than the national average, earning $44,172 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jahnigen
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