Janknecht Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Janknecht Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 115 | 1:700,047 | 53,529 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Janknecht Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janknecht Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Janknecht is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Janknecht? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,604,449th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Janknecht live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 700,047. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 64 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 27 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 6 percent live. Excluding Germany Janknecht occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jahnknecht | 95 | 1 | / |
| Jankner | 75 | 8 | / |
| Seinknecht | 74 | 0 | / |
| Jankni | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sankne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Housenknecht | 67 | 0 | / |
| Yankner | 63 | 8 | / |
| Zankner | 63 | 3 | / |
| Sankney | 63 | 2 | / |
| Jeanquneat | 63 | 1 | / |
| Zancnet | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cankney | 63 | 0 | / |
| Johnkenneth | 60 | 2 | / |
| Jancenne | 59 | 1 | / |
| Yankenne | 59 | 1 | / |
| Jahankhni | 56 | 1 | / |
| Sankni | 53 | 15 | / |
| Zankna | 53 | 1 | / |
| Sancnez | 50 | 11 | / |
| Sanknoi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Yajnkni | 50 | 1 | / |
| Sancnes | 50 | 1 | / |
| Jonknis | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Janknecht
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