Jernej Surname
Approximately 483 people bear this surname
Jernej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 406 | 1:20,974 | 3,281 |
| Slovenia | 41 | 1:60,675 | 9,198 |
| Croatia | 18 | 1:234,922 | 26,068 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Jernej (7,386) may also be a first name.
Jernej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jernej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jernej occurs in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jernej? popularity and diffusion
It is the 632,228th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 15,088,087 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Jernej live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 74,895th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 7,386 people.
This last name is most widely held in Austria, where it is held by 406 people, or 1 in 20,974. In Austria Jernej is mostly found in: Carinthia, where 82 percent reside, Styria, where 14 percent reside and Upper Austria, where 2 percent reside. Not including Austria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 8 percent reside and Croatia, where 4 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
- 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 Jernej
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