Jánó Surname

1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Hungary

Jánó Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jánó Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1341:149,83515,881
Hungary791:124,25711,583
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680

The alternate forms: Janó (541), Jáno (12), Jano (10,045), Janô (1), Jaño (276) & Jaňo (4) are calculated separately.

Jánó Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jánó occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Janó, Jáno, Jano, Janô, Jaño or Jaňo. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jánó? popularity and diffusion

Jánó is the 1,125,333rd most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jánó reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 62 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

Jánó is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 149,835. In Romania Jánó is most frequent in: Harghita County, where 57 percent are found and Covasna County, where 43 percent are found. Aside from Romania Jánó occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 37 percent are found and Slovakia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Janó92541/
Jáno9212/
Ján86174/
Jano8310,045/
Janô831/
Jaño75276/
Jáni75248/
Jáně75119/
Jána75101/
Jáhn75100/
Jány7596/
Jenó754/
Jaňo754/
Junó753/
Jáná752/
Juán752/
Jáné751/
Jáen751/
Jánóová734/
Jn67358/
Jánny6764/
Jánni6745/
Jenyó6714/
Jáhni6712/
Jáhny673/
Jányi672/
Jáhna672/
Juián671/
Jánya671/
Jánoś671/

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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 Jánó
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