Janknegt Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Janknegt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Janknegt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1341:126,02419,691
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Janknegt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Janknegt Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Janknegt is found most in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Janknegt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,364,059th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Janknegt reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Janknegt is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 126,024. In The Netherlands Janknegt is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 33 percent reside, South Holland, where 26 percent reside and Utrecht, where 13 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Janknecht82126/
Joanknecht78123/
Jahnknecht781/
Janghinegad631/
Johnuknecht630/
Jankinakatti606/
Housenknect531/
Janganagaddi503/
Jainagangade501/

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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
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  • 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 Janknegt
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