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.

DNA test information

Jónás Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 is more commonly found in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Jonás, Jónáš, Jónas, Jonas, Jonáš, Jónaš, Jonaš, Joñas or Jonaś. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jónás? popularity and diffusion

Jónás is the 70,954th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,046,310 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jónás live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. Jónás is also the 1,994,417th most widely held given name on earth It is held by 28 people.

The surname is most common in Hungary, where it is borne by 6,922 people, or 1 in 1,418. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Budapest, where 15 percent live, Pest County, where 15 percent live and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 13 percent live. Apart from Hungary this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 1 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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