Janacek Surname

415,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 837 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Janacek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Janacek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5791:626,00950,526
Canada731:504,73442,927
Austria501:170,30922,149
France441:1,509,607143,950
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England31:18,572,686338,250
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

The alternate forms: Janaček (66), Janaćek (1) & Janáček (1,278) are calculated separately.

Janacek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Janacek is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Janaček, Janaćek or Janáček. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Janacek? popularity and diffusion

The last name Janacek is the 415,769th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 8,706,745 people. The surname Janacek is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Janacek live; 77 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 579 people, or 1 in 626,009. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 46 percent are found, Illinois, where 7 percent are found and Minnesota, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 9 percent are found and Austria, where 6 percent are found.

Janacek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Janacek last name are 2.47% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.76% being registered with the political party.

The amount Janacek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.7% more than the national average, earning $43,449 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.4% more than the national average, earning $56,342 CAD 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 Janacek
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