Janiš Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Janiš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 437 | 1:24,333 | 3,787 |
| Slovakia | 190 | 1:28,087 | 4,828 |
| Slovenia | 26 | 1:95,680 | 11,418 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
The alternate forms: Janis (8,934), Janiś (17), Jániš (3) & Jánis (1) are calculated separately.
Janiš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janiš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Janiš occurs more in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Janis, Janiś, Jániš or Jánis. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Janiš? popularity and diffusion
It is the 500,196th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Janiš live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is carried by 437 people, or 1 in 24,333. In Czechia it is primarily concentrated in: Zlín Region, where 29 percent are found, Moravian-Silesian Region, where 16 percent are found and Olomouc Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Czechia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 29 percent are found and Slovenia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Janiš
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