Distribution of the name 'John'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'John' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'John'
In the UK there are 85.124 phone book entries with the surname John and approximately 370.710 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname John is the 3. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Central: 16.717.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Strathclyde (7.631), Lothian (5.273), Greater London (4.890), Fife (4.009), Lancashire (3.578), Tayside (3.390), West Yorkshire (2.615), Grampian (1.791), as well as West Midlands (1.658).
The following surnames sound like John: Jane, Jean, Joan, Jayne, Jamie, Jimmy, June, Jenny, Jain, Janaway, Johnny, Joannou, Janney, Joanna, Jani, Juan, Jone, Jannaway, Joanne, Jonah, Jame, Jahn, Johnn, Jenn, Jama, Jenney, Jeanne, Jehan, Jeune, Juma.
The distribution of the name 'John' in other countries
Occurrence of the name John in the counties
| Central - The surname John is is the most common name - 16.717 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname John is is the most common name - 7.631 persons |
| Lothian - The surname John is is the most common name - 5.273 persons |
| Greater London - The surname John is is the 4. most common name - 4.890 persons |
| Fife - The surname John is is the most common name - 4.009 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname John is is the 4. most common name - 3.578 persons |
| Tayside - The surname John is is the most common name - 3.390 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname John is is the 15. most common name - 2.615 persons |
| Grampian - The surname John is is the most common name - 1.791 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname John is is the 21. most common name - 1.658 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname John is the 9. most common name - 1.495 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname John is the 11. most common name - 1.269 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname John is the 25. most common name - 1.238 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname John is the 11. most common name - 1.140 persons |
| Kent - The surname John is the 21. most common name - 1.099 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname John is the 19. most common name - 1.080 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname John is the 18. most common name - 1.016 persons |
| Essex - The surname John is the 13. most common name - 1.012 persons |
| Surrey - The surname John is the 6. most common name - 994 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname John is the 12. most common name - 981 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname John is the most common name - 975 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname John is the 17. most common name - 938 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname John is the 10. most common name - 904 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname John is the 10. most common name - 878 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname John is the 33. most common name - 848 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname John is the 6. most common name - 830 persons |
| Dorset - The surname John is the 7. most common name - 818 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname John is the most common name - 796 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname John is the 21. most common name - 784 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname John is the 5. most common name - 750 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname John is is the 9. most common name - 694 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname John is is the 10. most common name - 668 persons |
| Devon - The surname John is is the 7. most common name - 651 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname John is is the 9. most common name - 639 persons |
| County Down - The surname John is is the most common name - 629 persons |
| Highland - The surname John is is the 5. most common name - 586 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname John is is the 15. most common name - 577 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname John is is the 23. most common name - 569 persons |
| Gwent - The surname John is is the 21. most common name - 500 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname John is is the 19. most common name - 451 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname John is is the 36. most common name - 447 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname John is is the 31. most common name - 443 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname John is is the 9. most common name - 442 persons |
| Somerset - The surname John is is the 15. most common name - 441 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname John is is the 21. most common name - 440 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname John is is the 25. most common name - 380 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname John is is the 21. most common name - 338 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname John is is the 11. most common name - 333 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname John is is the 23. most common name - 311 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname John is is the 39. most common name - 310 persons |
| Borders - The surname John is is the most common name - 291 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname John is is the 20. most common name - 291 persons |
| Durham - The surname John is is the 34. most common name - 289 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname John is is the 2. most common name - 274 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname John is is the 23. most common name - 269 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname John is is the most common name - 257 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname John is is the 2. most common name - 250 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname John is is the 30. most common name - 228 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname John is is the 8. most common name - 226 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname John is is the 13. most common name - 186 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname John is is the 4. most common name - 181 persons |
| Powys - The surname John is is the 24. most common name - 142 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname John is is the 7. most common name - 132 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname John is is the 48. most common name - 111 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname John is is the 26. most common name - 108 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname John is is the 14. most common name - 81 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname John is is the 25. most common name - 76 persons |
| Avon - The surname John is is the 11. most common name - 68 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname John is is the 8. most common name - 47 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname John is is the 3. most common name - 30 persons |
| Humberside - The surname John is is the 13. most common name - 29 persons |
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