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 last name Cernihs is found in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Cernihs.
How Common Is The Last Name Cernihs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cernihs is the 2,776,799th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Cernihs live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most common in Latvia, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 42,709. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 81 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 8 percent are found and Semigallia, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Latvia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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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