Janith Surname
Approximately 892 people bear this surname
Janith Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 877 | 1:23,727 | 3,118 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Janith (22,671) may also be a first name.
Janith Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janith Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Janith is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Janith? popularity and diffusion
Janith is the 395,536th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 8,169,895 people. The last name Janith is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Janith live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 34,393rd most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 22,671 people.
The surname Janith is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 877 people, or 1 in 23,727. Beside Sri Lanka this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Janith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Janith has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Janith last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Janith
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