Ernesty Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Liberia

Ernesty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ernesty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France151:4,428,181244,602
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Ernesty (62) may also be a first name.

Ernesty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ernesty is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ernesty? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ernesty is the 2,909,720th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Ernesty are found; 33 percent are found in North America and 33 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Ernesty is also the 1,246,114th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 62 people.

Ernesty is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 4,428,181. In France Ernesty is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 80 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 7 percent live and Occitanie, where 7 percent live. Aside from France this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and Tanzania, where 13 percent live.

Ernesty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ernesty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ernesty surname expanded 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ernesty Last Name Statistics demography

Ernesty earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 62.16% less than the national average, earning $16,328 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Earnesty9398/
Ernesthey881/
Herneisty881/
Ernesti862,094/
Erneste861,096/
Ernesta86608/
Ernester80153/
Ernestes8026/
Herneste8022/
Hernesta805/
Earneste804/
Earnesti802/
Ernestha801/
Earnesta800/
Ernesther751/
Gerneiste751/
Ernista712/
Irneste711/
Ernisti711/
Ernishti671/
Airnester631/
Ernistead630/
Järnhester5913/
Järnestedt592/

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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 Ernesty
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