Horný Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Horný Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 368 | 1:14,501 | 2,017 |
| Czechia | 241 | 1:44,122 | 7,350 |
The alternate forms: Horny (1,164) are calculated separately.
Horný Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Horný Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Horný is found in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Horny. Click here for further potential spellings of Horný.
How Common Is The Last Name Horný? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 530,954th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,966,414 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Horný live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is held by 368 people, or 1 in 14,501. In Slovakia Horný is mostly concentrated in: Prešov Region, where 27 percent live, Trenčín Region, where 23 percent live and Košice Region, where 16 percent live. Beside Slovakia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Czechia, where 40 percent live.
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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 Horný
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