Cerniak Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Cerniak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cerniak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil491:4,368,864116,514
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Lithuania31:1,011,52932,308
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
France11:66,422,722504,397
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

The alternate forms: Černiak (55), Cerñiak (1) & Černiák (2) are calculated separately.

Cerniak Last Name Facts

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

Cerniak is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Černiak, Cerñiak or Černiák. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cerniak? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,907,068th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. Cerniak occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Cerniak live; 72 percent live in South America and 52 percent live in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 4,368,864. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Santa Catarina, where 61 percent live and Paraná, where 39 percent live. Beside Brazil this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.

Cerniak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cerniak last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered with the party.

Cerniak earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.55% more than the national average, earning $46,406 USD per year.

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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 Cerniak
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