Kernawi Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Kernawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kernawi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran161:4,798,908119,068
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Kernawi Last Name Facts

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

Kernawi is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kernawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Kernawi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kernawi live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

It is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 4,798,908. In Iran it is primarily found in: Khuzestan Province, where 50 percent live, Tehran Province, where 38 percent live and Bushehr Province, where 6 percent live. Barring Iran this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Israel, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karnawi86346/
Kirnawi861/
Kernabi861/
Krenawi861/
Kernavi861/
Kharnawi801/
Khornawi801/
Cherinnawi71312/
Qarnawi71277/
Karnewi7145/
Karnavi7141/
Qrenawi7116/
Karnawe714/
Qirnawi711/
Karnaweh671/
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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 Kernawi
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