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 surname Janith occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Janith click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Janith? popularity and diffusion
It is the 395,536th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,169,895 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Janith live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Janith is also the 34,393rd most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 22,671 people.
This last name is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 877 people, or 1 in 23,727. Barring Sri Lanka this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Janith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Janith has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Janith surname declined 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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