Cernihs Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Cernihs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 48 | 1:42,709 | 6,498 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cernihs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cernihs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cernihs is most common in Latvia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cernihs? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,776,799th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Cernihs is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Cernihs are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 42,709. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 81 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 8 percent live and Semigallia, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Latvia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Cernihs
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