Jánoš Surname

422,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 820 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Jánoš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jánoš Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia7481:7,134688
Czechia721:147,68722,967

The alternate forms: János (916), Janoš (651), Jánoś (1), Janos (2,471), Janoś (405) & Jànos (1) are calculated separately.

Jánoš (35) may also be a first name.

Jánoš Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jánoš is found in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: János, Janoš, Jánoś, Janos, Janoś or Jànos. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jánoš? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jánoš is the 422,566th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,887,251 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jánoš reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 35 people.

The surname is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is borne by 748 people, or 1 in 7,134. In Slovakia it is most numerous in: Bratislava Region, where 38 percent live, Nitra Region, where 17 percent live and Banská Bystrica Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Slovakia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
János93916/
Janoš93651/
Jánoś931/
Janos872,471/
Janoś87405/
Jànos871/
Jonoš801/
Jánošova771/
Janouš73441/
Jánoss7323/

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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 Jánoš
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