Chornobyl Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Chornobyl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chornobyl Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2161:210,75328,308
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Chornobyl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chornobyl (Russian: Чорнобыль) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chornobyl? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,118,459th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name Chornobyl is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Chornobyl live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Chornobyl is most commonly held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 210,753. In Ukraine it is most common in: Vinnytsia Oblast, where 26 percent reside, Lviv Oblast, where 12 percent reside and Zhytomyr Oblast, where 9 percent reside. Beside Ukraine this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chornobl941/
Hornobyl941/
Chornobil899/
Chornobel899/
Czornobil7810/
Czornobill747/
Carnobel711/
Czarnobil6782/
Hornabell670/
Czarnobiel631/
Sharnabil561/
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Chornobyl Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chornobyl in the Russian language
Чорнобыльcornobyl-

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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 Chornobyl
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