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Jan Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

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Early Origins of the Jan family

The surname Jan was first found in Granada, in southern Spain.

Early History of the Jan family

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Jan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Jaen, Jan, Jean and others.

Early Notables of the Jan family

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Jan World Ranking

the United States, the name Jan is the 18,166th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Jan is ranked the 627th most popular surname with an estimated 7,530 people with that name. 2 And in New Zealand, the name Jan is the 570th popular surname with an estimated 1,245 people with that name. 3

Jan migration to the United States +



Jan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John Jansson Jan, who landed in Colorado in 1881 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Jan (post 1700) +

  • Jacques Félix Jan de La Hamelinaye, Count de La Hamelinaye, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
  • Rein Jan Hoekstra (1941-2025), Dutch jurist
  • Haje Jan Kamps (b. 1981), Dutch photography writer
  • Andrzej Jan Byrt (b. 1949), Polish economist and former diplomat and deputy minister, Ambassador to Germany, France and Monaco
  • Jacob Jan Cremer (1837-1880), birth name Jacobus, also known as J. J. Cremer, Dutch novelist
  • Kim Jan Henriksen (b. 1960), also known as Kimo, Danish Esperantist singer-musician
  • Peta Jan Murphy (1973-2023), Australian politician., Member of the House of Representatives from 2019 until her death in 2023, representing the Victorian seat of Dunkley for the Australian Labor Party (ALP)
  • Count Antoni Jan Ostrowski (1782-1845), Polish noble landowner, political and economic activist, general and publicist
  • Roman Jan Lentner (1937-2023), Polish footballer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics
  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. "Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
  4. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  5. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 13) Jacques Jan. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html

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