Jón Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Jón Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 55 | 1:193,336 | 28,224 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
The alternate forms: Jon (370,819) are calculated separately.
Jón (8,992) may also be a first name.
Jón Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jón Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jón is found most in Czechia. It can also occur as a variant: Jon. For other potential spellings of Jón click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jón? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,483,783rd most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jón are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 65,744th most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 8,992 people.
It is most widespread in Czechia, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 193,336. In Czechia Jón is primarily concentrated in: Central Bohemian Region, where 18 percent are found, Prague, where 16 percent are found and Hradec Králové Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Czechia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 5 percent are found and Slovakia, where 3 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 Jón
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