Jean-Christophe Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Jean-Christophe Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Jean & Christophe.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jean-Christophe 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
France911:729,92091,032
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Jean-Christophe (49,065) may also be a first name.

Jean-Christophe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jean-Christophe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jean-Christophe is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Jean-Christophe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jean-Christophe? popularity and diffusion

Jean-Christophe is the 1,894,523rd most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Jean-Christophe live; 69 percent live in Caribbean and 69 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 18,803rd most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 49,065 people.

The surname is most frequent in France, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 729,920. In France it is mostly found in: Martinique, where 73 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 10 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 8 percent are found. Barring France Jean-Christophe exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

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
Jeanchristophe971/
Jean Christophe9316/
John-Christophe871/

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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 Jean-Christophe
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