Jeon Surname
Approximately 178,193 people bear this surname
Jeon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 165,783 | 1:152 | 31 |
| United States | 3,917 | 1:92,535 | 10,396 |
| South Korea | 3,420 | 1:14,983 | 119 |
| Thailand | 1,281 | 1:55,143 | 6,661 |
| Canada | 666 | 1:55,324 | 6,557 |
| Singapore | 535 | 1:10,295 | 532 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Australia | 342 | 1:78,935 | 9,205 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Japan | 211 | 1:605,897 | 15,932 |
| Hong Kong | 183 | 1:40,085 | 710 |
| United Arab Emirates | 164 | 1:55,868 | 5,445 |
| Brazil | 115 | 1:1,861,516 | 59,915 |
| New Zealand | 110 | 1:41,167 | 6,893 |
| England | 96 | 1:580,396 | 35,131 |
| Malaysia | 71 | 1:415,412 | 21,545 |
| China | 67 | 1:20,407,785 | 1,130 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Taiwan | 20 | 1:1,172,237 | 8,044 |
| Vietnam | 18 | 1:5,147,003 | 2,420 |
| Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 1:723,675 | 8,089 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Jeon (1,248) may also be a first name.
Jeon Demographics
Average Jeon Salary in
United States
$51,078 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jeon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jeon (Oriya: େଯଓନ) occurs in North Korea more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jeon.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jeon is the 3,161st most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 40,897 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Jeon are found; 95 percent are found in East Asia and 95 percent are found in Koreanic Asia. It is also the 223,560th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,248 people.
Jeon is most commonly used in North Korea, where it is borne by 165,783 people, or 1 in 152. Without taking into account North Korea this surname is found in 83 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and South Korea, where 2 percent are found.
Jeon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Jeon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 78,340 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Jeon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jeon surname are 9.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.2% registered with the political party.
The amount Jeon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.05% more than the national average, earning 463,923 kr per year; in Peru they earn 8.47% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,744 per year; in South Africa they earn 96.81% more than the national average, earning R 467,700 per year; in United States they earn 18.38% more than the national average, earning $51,078 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.99% more than the national average, earning $64,585 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jeon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jeon in the Oriya language | ||
| େଯଓନ | eya'ona | - |
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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 Jeon
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