Jaén Surname

718,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 406 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Panama

Jaén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jaén Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2151:217,45114,567
Panama1211:32,3331,849
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
France11:66,422,722504,397
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Jaen (36,488), Jaèn (10), Jáen (1) & Jàen (1) are calculated separately.

Jaén (30) may also be a first name.

Jaén Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jaén is found most frequently in Spain. It may also appear as a variant: Jaen, Jaèn, Jáen or Jàen. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jaén? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 718,674th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. Jaén occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Jaén reside; 53 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 53 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Jaén is also the 1,911,214th most widespread given name internationally, held by 30 people.

The last name Jaén is most widespread in Spain, where it is held by 215 people, or 1 in 217,451. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Andalusia, where 38 percent reside, Madrid, where 21 percent reside and Catalonia, where 12 percent reside. Not including Spain Jaén exists in 29 countries. It is also common in Panama, where 30 percent reside and Mexico, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jaen9236,488/
Jaèn9210/
Jahén892/
Jáen831/
Jàen831/
Jajn757/
Jaîn751/
Jaín751/
Jahin679,712/
Jahen67966/
Jeain67127/
Jaain67106/
Ijajn6736/
Jaene6724/
Jyain677/
Jiaen676/
Djaen674/
Jaoin673/
Tjaen673/
Jiain672/
Jauin672/
Jeayn671/
Cahén671/
Joain671/
Jhaen671/
Jaenn671/
Jaaen671/

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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 Jaén
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