Jähnigen Surname
Approximately 419 people bear this surname
Jähnigen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 416 | 1:193,523 | 22,379 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Jahnigen (170) are calculated separately.
Jähnigen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jähnigen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jähnigen has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms: Jahnigen. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jähnigen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 702,422nd most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jähnigen are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Jähnigen is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 193,523. In Germany Jähnigen is primarily found in: Saxony, where 65 percent live, Brandenburg, where 7 percent live and Bavaria, where 6 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jahnigen | 96 | 170 | / |
| Jänigen | 93 | 14 | / |
| Jehnigen | 88 | 17 | / |
| Hähnigen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Jähnichen | 82 | 984 | / |
| Jaehnigen | 82 | 63 | / |
| Jenigen | 80 | 87 | / |
| Henigen | 80 | 5 | / |
| Janigen | 80 | 4 | / |
| Jänichen | 75 | 738 | / |
| Hennigen | 75 | 54 | / |
| Henighen | 75 | 31 | / |
| Söhnigen | 75 | 14 | / |
| Heinigen | 75 | 5 | / |
| Jennigen | 75 | 4 | / |
| Jaenigen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Jannigen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Heynigen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hinnigen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sohnigen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jehnichen | 71 | 155 | / |
| Jahnichen | 71 | 36 | / |
| Hähnichen | 71 | 11 | / |
| Jaennigen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Enigen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hennigeen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Henigin | 67 | 311 | / |
| Ginigen | 67 | 88 | / |
| Janisen | 67 | 25 | / |
| Jaehnichen | 67 | 18 | / |
| Henegen | 67 | 14 | / |
| Hennign | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jenisen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Enigeen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Henizen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Senigen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jennign | 67 | 1 | / |
| Henisen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hinigin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Janigin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Jähnigen
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