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

The last name Cerniak is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Černiak, Cerñiak or Černiák. For other potential spellings of Cerniak click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cerniak? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,907,068th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name 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.

The surname Cerniak is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 4,368,864. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Santa Catarina, where 61 percent reside and Paraná, where 39 percent reside. Not including Brazil this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.

Cerniak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cerniak last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for 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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