Janáč Surname

545,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 587 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Janáč Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Janáč Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia3891:27,3354,366
Slovakia1981:26,9524,598
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Janač (27), Janac (464) & Janać (65) are calculated separately.

Janáč Last Name Facts

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

The last name Janáč is found most in Czechia. It may appear in the variant forms: Janač, Janac or Janać. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Janáč? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 545,543rd most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 12,414,899 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Janáč live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Janáč is most prevalent in Czechia, where it is held by 389 people, or 1 in 27,335. In Czechia it is most numerous in: Zlín Region, where 39 percent live, Moravian-Silesian Region, where 19 percent live and Prague, where 9 percent live. Barring Czechia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Slovakia, where 34 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Janač9327/
Janá895/
Janac87464/
Janać8765/
Janás80326/
Jasná80138/
Janát8041/
Jamná8040/
Janáš807/
Djaná801/
Janáčová77561/
Janács7326/
Jana67780,026/
Jano6710,045/
Janó67541/
Janóová6710/
Jáná672/
Ianá671/
Joná671/
Janà671/
Janô671/
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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 Janáč
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