Ernestine Surname
Approximately 3,664 people bear this surname
Ernestine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,769 | 1:11,741 | 1,582 |
| Chad | 1,733 | 1:7,843 | 1,090 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Mauritius | 12 | 1:107,785 | 7,954 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Ernestine (143,270) may also be a first name.
Ernestine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ernestine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ernestine is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ernestine.
How Common Is The Last Name Ernestine? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ernestine is the 124,423rd most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,988,959 people. The last name Ernestine occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ernestine live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Chadic Africa. Ernestine is also the 7,317th most common first name globally, borne by 143,270 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,769 people, or 1 in 11,741. In Cameroon Ernestine is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent live, Southwest Region, where 7 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Cameroon Ernestine exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 47 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernestiene | 95 | 3 | / |
| Earnestine | 95 | 2 | / |
| Hernestine | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ernestinee | 95 | 1 | / |
| Esrnestine | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ernestini | 89 | 19 | / |
| Arnestine | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ernistine | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ernestene | 89 | 0 | / |
| Earnistine | 84 | 1 | / |
| Earnestene | 84 | 0 | / |
| Hernestini | 84 | 0 | / |
| Ernestína | 78 | 4 | / |
| Earnestean | 74 | 0 | / |
| Irnaitene | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Ernestine
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