Jankevica Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Jankevica Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 174 | 1:11,782 | 1,748 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Jankeviča (2), Jaņķevica (1) & Janķēvica (1) are calculated separately.
Jankevica Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jankevica Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jankevica is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Jankeviča, Jaņķevica or Janķēvica. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jankevica? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,290,735th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname Jankevica occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Jankevica are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 11,782. In Latvia Jankevica is primarily found in: Riga Planning Region, where 35 percent reside, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 29 percent reside and Semigallia, where 28 percent reside. Other than Latvia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jankeviča | 96 | 2 | / |
| Jaņķevica | 93 | 1 | / |
| Janķēvica | 93 | 1 | / |
| Jasinkevica | 90 | 30 | / |
| Jankovica | 89 | 112 | / |
| Jancevica | 89 | 7 | / |
| Sankevica | 89 | 1 | / |
| Iankevici | 78 | 4 | / |
| Hancevica | 78 | 2 | / |
| Yankevice | 78 | 1 | / |
| Jankoveca | 78 | 1 | / |
| Jankowiecka | 70 | 1 | / |
| Jankoveka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ianchevici | 63 | 3 | / |
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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 Jankevica
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