Cernay Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Cernay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 88 | 1:754,804 | 92,996 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
The alternate forms: Černay (43) are calculated separately.
Cernay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cernay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cernay is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Černay. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cernay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,828,462nd most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Cernay are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 754,804. In France Cernay is most common in: Normandy, where 88 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 5 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 2 percent reside. Aside from France Cernay exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 6 percent reside and Germany, where 4 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 Cernay
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