Jónás Surname

70,954th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,965 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Jónás Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jónás Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary6,9221:1,418157
Slovakia401:133,41124,423
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Jonás (109), Jónáš (56), Jónas (4), Jonas (178,237), Jonáš (1,872), Jónaš (2), Jonaš (383), Joñas (19) & Jonaś (1) are calculated separately.

Jónás (28) may also be a first name.

Jónás Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jónás occurs in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Jonás, Jónáš, Jónas, Jonas, Jonáš, Jónaš, Jonaš, Joñas or Jonaś. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jónás? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 70,954th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,046,310 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jónás are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 1,994,417th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.

The last name is most widespread in Hungary, where it is carried by 6,922 people, or 1 in 1,418. In Hungary Jónás is primarily concentrated in: Budapest, where 15 percent are found, Pest County, where 15 percent are found and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 13 percent are found. Other than Hungary it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 1 percent are found and Czechia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jonás93109/
Jónáš9356/
Jónas934/
Jónász9117/
Jonas87178,237/
Jonáš871,872/
Jónaš872/
Jónásch831/
Jonaš80383/
Janás80326/
Joñas8019/
Jonaś801/
Jónásová7740/
Jonásch6712/

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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 Jónás
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