Jan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Jan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Mason 1
Nurse 1
Servant 1
Fireman 1
Cow Boy 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Jan

Name Census Frequency
John Jan 9
Charles Jan 6
Joseph Jan 5
Mary Jan 5
William Jan 5
Elizabeth Jan 4
Louisa Jan 4
Robert Jan 4
Emma Jan 3
George Jan 3
Henry Jan 3
Ida Jan 3
Jane Jan 3
Rose Jan 3
Thomas Jan 3
Alice Jan 2
Anna Jan 2
Edith Jan 2
Eliza Jan 2
Emily Jan 2
Frederick Jan 2
Hannah Jan 2
James Jan 2
Lam Jan 2
Lawab Jan 2

Jan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jane 75% 20,124
2 Jone 50% 5,118
3 Jean 75% 1,135
4 June 50% 803
5 Jeune 40% 456
6 Jon 67% 424
7 Jeane 60% 268
8 Jaine 60% 229
9 Jun 67% 224
10 Jann 75% 184
11 Joan 75% 175
12 Jan 100% 147
13 Jain 75% 134
14 Join 50% 126

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The surname Jan is the 12th most popular variant of Jane.

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