Chernobylsky Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Chernobylsky Surname User-submission:

In central/eastern Europe, many Jewish surnames have their genealogy based on the geographic location of ancestry. Chernobylsky and its variants most likely comes from people whose ancestry comes from Cherbobyl, which was historically a Jewish shtetl on the Pripyat River and is now the site of the tragic nuclear accident.

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Chernobylsky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel1311:65,3258,170
Russia471:3,066,448164,949
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Chernobylsky Surname Meaning

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In central/eastern Europe, many Jewish surnames have their genealogy based on the geographic location of ancestry. Chernobylsky and its variants most likely comes from people whose ancestry comes from Cherbobyl, which was historically a Jewish shtetl on the Pripyat River and is now the site of the tragic nuclear accident.

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Chernobylsky Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chernobylsky (Russian: Чернобыльский) is borne by more people in Israel than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chernobylsky.

How Common Is The Last Name Chernobylsky? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,198,640th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Chernobylsky live; 66 percent live in West Asia and 66 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.

The last name Chernobylsky is most frequent in Israel, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 65,325. In Israel it is primarily found in: Central District, where 44 percent live, Southern District, where 24 percent live and Tel Aviv District, where 18 percent live. Outside of Israel this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Chernobylsky Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Chernobylsky last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Chernobylsky earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.07% less than the national average, earning $33,196 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chernobylsky Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chernobylsky in the Russian language
Чернобыльскийcernobylskij-

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