Janeš Surname
Approximately 1,181 people bear this surname
Janeš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 849 | 1:4,981 | 633 |
| Slovenia | 198 | 1:12,564 | 3,011 |
| Czechia | 108 | 1:98,458 | 16,343 |
| Serbia | 12 | 1:595,412 | 21,526 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Janes (24,664), Jáneš (36), Janés (5), Jañes (3) & Janès (1) are calculated separately.
Janeš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janeš Come From? nationality or country of origin
Janeš is found in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Janes, Jáneš, Janés, Jañes or Janès. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Janeš? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 317,282nd most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 6,170,657 people. The surname Janeš occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Janeš are found; 90 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 90 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most numerous in Croatia, where it is carried by 849 people, or 1 in 4,981. In Croatia it is most frequent in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 46 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 22 percent live and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 5 percent live. Apart from Croatia this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 17 percent live and Czechia, where 9 percent live.
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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 Janeš
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