Kernican Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Kernican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kernican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kerničan (12) are calculated separately.

Kernican Last Name Facts

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

Kernican is more frequently found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Kerničan. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kernican? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kernican is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Kernican are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Gallo-North America.

The surname Kernican is most frequently held in Canada, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 12,281,864. In Canada it is mostly concentrated in: Quebec, where 100 percent live. Excluding Canada it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 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 Kernican
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