Ernests Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Tuvalu

Ernests Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ernests Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia141:146,43219,676
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tuvalu11:11,188103
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ernests (2,070) may also be a first name.

Ernests Last Name Facts

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

Ernests is found most in Latvia. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ernests? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Ernests is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Ernests are found; 89 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 165,693rd most widely held first name world-wide, held by 2,070 people.

The surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 146,432. In Latvia Ernests is most common in: Vidzeme, where 79 percent live and Riga Planning Region, where 21 percent live. Outside of Latvia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent live and Norway, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Earnests931/
Ernest92137,860/
Ernets9214/
Earnest8612,619/
Erneste861,096/
Hernest86122/
Hernets86107/
Gernets8658/
Erneszt8657/
Ernesth8612/
Erneest865/
Erniest865/
Ernnest862/
Eernest861/
Erneast861/
Gernest861/
Arnests861/
Ergnest860/
Ernestt860/
Ernet8347/
Herneste8022/
Earneste804/
Earniest801/
Earenest801/
Eirrnest801/
Gernet77986/
Hernet77343/
Ernits77309/
Ernist7772/
Irnest779/
Earnet776/
Ernext772/
Erneth772/
Ernett771/
Ernete771/
Ernetz771/
Ernestová75384/
Ernestova7527/
Herneth7178/
Hernist7152/
Ernette7151/
Hyrnets7146/
Hernits7144/
Gernett7125/
Earnist7124/
Hernett7110/
Earnett716/
Geernet716/
Gernetz714/
Ernesztová713/
Girnets711/
Eurnedt711/
Irneste711/
Erneitz711/
Earneth711/
Ernnist710/
Ernez67543/
Hernette6750/
Ernit6712/
Gernesch675/
Ernec674/
Erñst671/
Erned670/
Hergnett670/

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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
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  • 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 Ernests
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