Jansdotter Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Jansdotter Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'child of Jan'. In the patronymic system of old Sweden, children of the common folk were given a surname based on the first name of their father. These patronymic surnames were gendered, so that sons had names ending in -son and daughters had names ending in -dotter.

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Jansdotter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1081:91,1746,647
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Jansdotter Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'child of Jan'. In the patronymic system of old Sweden, children of the common folk were given a surname based on the first name of their father. These patronymic surnames were gendered, so that sons had names ending in -son and daughters had names ending in -dotter. Surnames of other types existed among craftsmen and the like.

Women kept their -dotter name the whole life, married names were not used. So at this time women did not have -son names.

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Jansdotter Last Name Facts

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

Jansdotter is found most frequently in Sweden. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jansdotter? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,674,734th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname Jansdotter is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Jansdotter live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 91,174. In Sweden Jansdotter is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 27 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 19 percent reside and Skåne County, where 15 percent reside. Besides Sweden this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.

Jansdotter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jansdotter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jansdotter last name expanded 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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