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 last name Jöns is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jöns.

How Common Is The Last Name Jöns? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 310,992nd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,017,792 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jöns live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 317,548th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 680 people.

The last name Jöns is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,182 people, or 1 in 68,110. In Germany it is most common in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 82 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent are found and Berlin, where 4 percent are found. Other than Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 2 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.

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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