Cornovan Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Cornovan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cornovan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova2241:15,8992,732
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Cornovan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cornovan is found most in Moldova. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cornovan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cornovan is the 1,048,281st most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The last name Cornovan is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Cornovan live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Moldova, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 15,899. In Moldova Cornovan is primarily found in: Sîngerei District, where 32 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 22 percent live and Rezina District, where 21 percent live. Barring Moldova this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 2 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cornovean949/
Chornoivan89271/
Chornoyvan89238/
Chornovain892/
Kornovan88210/
Carnovan881/
Chornoban822/
Zarnovan7560/
Zârnovan7550/
Karnovan7528/
Carnavan757/
Kornavan751/
Zarnovean7110/
Charnowan711/
Karnavan6377/
Carnawan6327/
Carnavon6320/
Carnaban631/
Kornnawong5638/
Karnawan501,944/
Kurnawan50914/
Sarnawan5038/
Kernawan507/

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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 Cornovan
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