Jónas Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Jónas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Jonas (178,237), Jónás (6,965), Jónaš (2), Jonaš (383), Jonás (109), Jónáš (56), Joñas (19), Jonaś (1) & Jonáš (1,872) are calculated separately.
Jónas (941) may also be a first name.
Jónas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jónas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jónas is found most in Angola. It can also occur as: Jonas, Jónás, Jónaš, Jonaš, Jonás, Jónáš, Joñas, Jonaś or Jonáš. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jónas.
How Common Is The Last Name Jónas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Jónas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Jónas reside; 50 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 25 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 263,438th most numerous first name on earth, held by 941 people.
This last name is most common in Angola, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 26,989,214. Aside from Angola this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 25 percent reside and Slovakia, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Jónas
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