Cernau Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Cernau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 84 | 1:239,022 | 22,817 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Cernau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cernau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cernau has its highest incidence in Romania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cernau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cernau is the 2,007,164th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Cernau reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname Cernau is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 239,022. In Romania Cernau is mostly found in: Bihor County, where 52 percent reside, Alba County, where 44 percent reside and Mureș County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Romania Cernau occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Cernau
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