Harnau Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Harnau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 227 | 1:354,650 | 34,247 |
| Romania | 28 | 1:717,067 | 48,956 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Hârnau (1) are calculated separately.
Harnau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Harnau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Harnau is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Hârnau. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Harnau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 959,117th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. Harnau is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Harnau are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 354,650. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 20 percent reside and Berlin, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 10 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Harnau
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