Jañez Surname

311,791st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Jañez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jañez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1,0371:45,0844,275
Argentina1601:267,14621,500
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Janez (544), Jáñez (27) & Janež (412) are calculated separately.

Jañez Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jañez (Arabic: يانز) is carried by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Janez, Jáñez or Janež. For other potential spellings of Jañez click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jañez? popularity and diffusion

It is the 311,791st most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,037,735 people. The surname Jañez occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Jañez live; 86 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 86 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name Jañez is most frequent in Spain, where it is carried by 1,037 people, or 1 in 45,084. In Spain it is most frequent in: Castile and León, where 58 percent live, Madrid, where 14 percent live and Basque Country, where 6 percent live. Barring Spain it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Jañez Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jañez has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Janez93544/
Jáñez9327/
Janež87412/
Jaenz80562/
Jañaz8015/
Zañez803/
Jañes803/
Juñez803/
Juanez731,466/
Jañozo73124/
Jannez73108/
Jaunez7351/
Joanez7324/
Janezi7312/
Jaehnz7311/
Jaynez735/
Jainez733/
Janiez732/
Janeze732/
Jhanez731/
Janhez731/
Jañoza731/
Janezy731/
Jyanez731/
Jaenez731/
Janeez731/
Janz6713,044/
Juaneza671,680/
Jenz67466/
Jeannez6764/
Joannez6739/
Jauneza675/
Jnez671/
Jeneaez671/
Jianeze671/
Juaneze671/
Janezyh671/
Janeus5540/
Jeaneus5015/
Janeuse501/

Jañez Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jañez in the Arabic language
يانزyanz-
يانيزyanyz-
جينيزjynyz-
جانيزjanyz-

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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 Jañez
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