Burniak Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Burniak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Burniak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland2061:184,50825,151
Ukraine161:2,845,168170,459
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Burniak Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Burniak Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Burniak is borne by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burniak? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,055,483rd most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Burniak live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 87 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Burniak is most commonly used in Poland, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 184,508. Aside from Poland this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 7 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bourniak931/
Borniak86102/
Burniac869/
Burnyak861/
Bierniak8015/
Borzniak805/
Burnhakh801/
Burgniaux751/
Burnyakova7157/
Bornyak7146/
Worniak7126/
Burgnac711/
Bornjak710/
Worzniak6721/
Bourgnac671/
Bornyák572/
Bornehag5318/
Bourgnoux505/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Burniak
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