Janaz Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Janaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 26 | 1:1,236,661 | 10,825 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Jañaz (15) are calculated separately.
Janaz (27) may also be a first name.
Janaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Janaz (Arabic: جانز) is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Jañaz. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Janaz? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,580,327th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Janaz occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Janaz reside; 55 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 27 people.
The surname Janaz is most commonly used in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 1,236,661. In Afghanistan Janaz is most numerous in: Paktia, where 42 percent live, Khost, where 38 percent live and Kabul, where 4 percent live. Besides Afghanistan Janaz exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Janaz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Janaz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Janaz last name grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Janaz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Janaz in the Arabic language | ||
| جانز | janz | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Janaz
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