Jakans Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Jakans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jakans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia281:73,21610,778
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Jakans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jakans occurs most in Latvia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jakans? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jakans is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Jakans occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jakans reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

Jakans is most widespread in Latvia, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 73,216. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 86 percent are found and Semigallia, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Latvia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jaskans921/
Cakans8375/
Hakans8349/
Jakons8316/
Sakans833/
Yakans832/
Zakans831/
Eakans830/
Saukans7777/
Jokhans7747/
Jackons776/
Haskans772/
Khakans771/
Djakons771/
Haakans771/
Jockans770/
Heijkans7117/
Hokans67119/
Jacons6718/
Cacans672/
Hakams671/
Jakkamshe671/
Eacans670/

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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 Jakans
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