Janásek Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Janásek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 141 | 1:75,415 | 12,659 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 1:444,704 | 54,815 |
The alternate forms: Janasek (374) are calculated separately.
Janásek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janásek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Janásek is borne by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Janasek. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Janásek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,415,499th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Janásek are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Janásek is most frequently held in Czechia, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 75,415. In Czechia Janásek is mostly concentrated in: Olomouc Region, where 35 percent are found, Moravian-Silesian Region, where 24 percent are found and Zlín Region, where 18 percent are found. Besides Czechia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Slovakia, where 8 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 Janásek
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