Janakan Surname

754,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Janakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Janakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
India341:22,560,747316,052
England251:2,228,72284,230
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Janakan (2,031) may also be a first name.

Janakan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Janakan (Hindi: जनकन, Marathi: जानकन) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Janakan.

How Common Is The Last Name Janakan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 754,238th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Janakan are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Janakan is also the 167,522nd most widely held given name on earth, borne by 2,031 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Barring Sri Lanka this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Janakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Janakan in the Marathi language
जानकनjanakana36.36
जनाकनjanakana36.36
जनकानjanakana9.09
जनकनjanakana9.09
जानकांjanakam9.09
Janakan in the Hindi language
जनकनjanakana25
जनकंjanakam25
जनाकांjanakam25
जनकांjanakam25

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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 Janakan
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