Jänke Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Jänke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 264 | 1:304,945 | 31,102 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Janke (27,671) & Jankė (1) are calculated separately.
Jänke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jänke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jänke is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Janke or Jankė. Click here for further possible spellings of Jänke.
How Common Is The Last Name Jänke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 975,866th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. Jänke is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jänke live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 304,945. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 42 percent are found, Berlin, where 13 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it exists in one country. It also occurs in Spain, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Jänke
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