Jana is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jana
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Jana

How popular is Jana?

Jana is common in India.

Jana is ranked 672 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Janas grew by 39.07285 per cent to 420 since 2000 and ranked 49914 after elevating 12132 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 43.1 25.5
White 39.05 57.28
Hispanic or Latino 8.81 7.62
Black 5.71 6.29
Jana is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in India which signifies that it is originated from India. Around 779536 people have been found who wears Jana as their family name. Jana is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,250 Armenia10
20,441 Georgia8
5,318 China8
2,011 South Korea4
4,997 Bangladesh4
11,480 Japan4
1,372 Nepal4
3,608 Maldives4
10,762 Hungary3
3,861 Syria3
3,818 Zambia3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
32,086 Mexico3
7,294 Kuwait3
7,458 Bulgaria3
10,686 Costa Rica3
20,035 Uzbekistan2
65,594 Belgium2
41,879 Turkey2
21,929 Algeria2
4,744 Macedonia2
24,269 Peru2
5,936 Bahrain2
23,344 Austria2
9,116 Nicaragua1
1,879 Belize1
717 Bhutan1
38,063 Mauritania1
30,360 Thailand1
7,292 Vietnam1
53,033 Nigeria1
8,181 Botswana1
2,505 Congo1
2,333 Montenegro1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,309 Monaco1
4,942 Libya1
12,270 Lebanon1
971 Seychelles1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
8,859 Iraq1
5,589 Sudan1
29,595 Iran1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
14,644 Tunisia1
1,818 Guernsey1
2,715 Gabon1
6,149 Ethiopia1
19,810 Croatia1
2,057 Myanmar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,427 Australia48
56,036 Kazakhstan38
13,396 Serbia34
55,100 Spain33
52,947 Netherlands31
14,963 Scotland26
42,407 Sweden22
21,268 New Zealand21
3,830 Luxembourg20
53,698 Belarus18
14,048 Ireland16
2,892 Iceland13
29,987 Moldova12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
67,110 Italy90
3,256 Qatar78
46,183 Canada68
11,471 Norway66
4,082 Estonia61
11,009 Finland60
19,965 Switzerland54
84,218 Ukraine52
Countries with hundreds of Jana:
36,973 United States767
6,990 Morocco738
3,521 Malaysia683
8,811 Egypt613
5,928 Saudi Arabia577
12,741 Poland477
4,123 Zimbabwe469
1,727 Dominican Republic397
5,019 Czech Republic350
773 Latvia335
17,618 England312
3,677 Israel306
16,468 Tanzania268
39,199 Philippines258
4,038 United Arab Emirates245
23,599 Argentina224
27,867 South Africa201
11,099 Romania188
2,626 Oman186
69,794 Russia186
4,859 Jordan185
2,551 Slovenia169
66,174 France147
4,007 Portugal129
2,942 Singapore118
5,943 Ecuador115
5,599 Lithuania113
Countries with thousands of Jana:
346 Malawi5,868
3,914 Indonesia3,700
852 Chile2,338
6,435 Brazil2,162
4,922 Germany1,849
3,798 Pakistan1,760
240 Slovakia1,523
1,846 Sri Lanka1,435
482 Turkmenistan1,312
Countries with hundred thousands of Jana:
104 India747,856
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Mason Battista Jana from Italy aboard the Labrador from Havre. He is registered to be 22 years old when he arrived in New York on June 25, 1884. C. Jana, aged 25, U Jana (2), are others that migrated to US.

Jana Namesakes

  • Shavukaru Janaki, Actress
  • Aleen Jana Kötter, Film actress
  • Amalie Janáčková, Leoš Janáček's mother
  • Paweł Janas, Soccer player
  • Thoppil Parambil Janaki Amma, Sankaradi's mother
  • Shrikrishna Janardan Joshi, Novelist
  • Anina Janatuinen, Anitra Ahtola's daughter
  • Shavukaru Janaki, Actress
  • Padmapriya Janakiraman, Film actress
  • Žygimantas Janavičius, Basketball Player

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