Jöns Surname

310,992nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Jöns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jöns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1821:68,1108,712
Finland211:261,74820,300
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Jöns (680) may also be a first name.

Jöns Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jöns occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jöns? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jöns is the 310,992nd most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,017,792 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jöns are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Jöns is also the 317,548th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 680 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,182 people, or 1 in 68,110. In Germany Jöns is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 82 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent live and Berlin, where 4 percent live. Outside of Germany Jöns exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jöhns893/
Jns862/
Jans7516,129/
Jens753,490/
Söns75103/
Jins7582/
Jøns7547/
Jnse751/
Jsns751/
Jnsh751/
Jäns751/
Djns751/
Jnns751/
Jnsz751/
Jjns751/
Jzns751/
Jhns750/
Jnst750/
Joens671,420/
Jense67574/
Jaans67526/
Janss67373/
Jenns67334/
Jaens67309/
Jhans67127/
Jeens67116/
Jenss67113/
Janns6798/
Jansh6744/
Jensh6729/
Jenås6728/
Jähns6724/
Janås6724/
Söhns6717/
Djens6714/
Jinse6712/
Ijans678/
Jensø676/
Hjans675/
Jinns672/
Jinsh672/
Juins672/
Jansø671/
Jänns671/
Jemns671/
Sönns671/
Jünsh671/
Jönze671/
Jenst670/
Jinst670/

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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
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  • 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 Jöns
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