Janes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 291
Buckinghamshire 171
Berkshire 52
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 183
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 35
Devon 97
Dorset 34
Durham 62
Essex 156
Gloucestershire 148
Hampshire 100
Herefordshire 8
Hertfordshire 131
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 167
Lancashire 430
Leicestershire 57
Lincolnshire 12
London 549
Middlesex 197
Northumberland 31
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 22
Nottinghamshire 28
Oxfordshire 45
Rutland 0
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 14
Somerset 86
Surrey 40
Sussex 27
Staffordshire 54
Warwickshire 139
Westmorland 3
Wiltshire 32
Worcestershire 36
Yorkshire 162

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 16
Cardiganshire 72
Carnarvonshire 54
Carmarthenshire 58
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 20
Glamorgan 371
Merionethshire 38
Montgomeryshire 45
Monmouthshire 156
Pembrokeshire 11
Radnorshire 12

Janes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Janes family

Profession Census Frequency
School 405
General Labourer 34
Dressmaker 29
None 29
General Servant (domestic) 29
Coal Miner Hewer 28
Labourer 26
Domestic Servant 25
Farm Labourer 23
Farmer 20
Private Means 17
Scholar 16
At School 15
House Keeper 15
Carpenter 14
Shop Assistant 14
Housekeeper 13
Bricklayer 12
Laundress 12
Clerk 12
Charwoman 12
Butcher 11
General Servant Domestic 11
Domestic 11
At Home 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Janes

Name Census Frequency
Mary Janes 1,339
William Janes 1,311
John Janes 1,023
Elizabeth Janes 930
Thomas Janes 763
Sarah Janes 734
George Janes 575
James Janes 510
Ann Janes 488
Jane Janes 379
Henry Janes 373
Charles Janes 357
Eliza Janes 324
Joseph Janes 297
Margaret Janes 278
Emma Janes 274
Edward Janes 254
Frederick Janes 240
David Janes 235
Annie Janes 222
Ellen Janes 220
Arthur Janes 213
Hannah Janes 210
Robert Janes 210
Emily Janes 208

Janes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jones 80% 2,549,481
2 Janes 100% 20,495
3 Jeans 60% 7,286
4 Jonas 60% 6,554
5 Jeanes 83% 4,677
6 Jeynes 67% 2,266
7 Jons 60% 2,157
8 Jaynes 83% 2,092
9 Joines 67% 1,087
10 Jeens 40% 709
11 Joens 40% 330
12 Joins 40% 315
13 Joanes 83% 308
14 Jenes 80% 299
15 Jaines 83% 289
16 Joans 60% 199
17 Jeenes 67% 185
18 Jines 80% 173
19 Junes 80% 169
20 Janis 80% 142
21 Jains 60% 131
22 Jonse 40% 121
23 Jonis 60% 115
24 Jans 80% 111

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The surname Janes is the 2nd most popular variant of Jones.

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