Janaw Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Somalia

Janaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Janaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal81:3,560,12010,569
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166

Janaw (256) may also be a first name.

Janaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Janaw (Hindi: जानवा) is carried by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Janaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Janaw is the 4,772,636th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Janaw occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Janaw live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Janaw is also the 556,659th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 256 people.

It is most frequently held in Nepal, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 3,560,120. In Nepal Janaw is mostly found in: Bagmati, where 100 percent reside. Barring Nepal this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 24 percent reside and Taiwan, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jainaw9111/
Janawe917/
Djanaw911/
Jasnaw911/
Janaiw911/
Djanawe836/
Janab801,359/
Janow801,255/
Janav80256/
Janów80112/
Janaf8074/
Sanaw8038/
Yanaw807/
Jainab733,324/
Jaynab731,586/
Jainav73929/
Jagnow73780/
Janova73503/
Jainaf7359/
Jasnow7355/
Janaib7349/
Saynaw7333/
Janavs7319/
Janatf7315/
Jeanab7315/
Zamnaw7313/
Janaiv7312/
Jangav739/
Jhanav736/
Jannab736/
Jannaf736/
Jaunav735/
Jaanab734/
Janowa734/
Sainaw732/
Jonawe732/
Janaph732/
Jannow732/
Janaab731/
Jonahw731/
Gianaw731/
Sannaw731/
Janaav731/
Jaenav731/
Jaunaf731/
Jeanav731/
Jaunab731/
Jaynav731/
Jaynaf731/
Janhav731/
Janows731/
Caneaw730/
Jangnow679/
Jiangow677/
Jainaab673/
Jainnab672/
Jainnav672/
Jangova672/
Janaaph671/
Jahanav671/
Jaynabh671/
Jannova671/
Ioannaw671/
Jainnaf671/
Jainauf671/
Jainabh671/
Jianova671/
Janavth671/
Jagnoow671/
Jomneaw671/
Cayneaw670/

Janaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Janaw in the Hindi language
जानवाjanava-

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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 Janaw
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