Kernigan Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Kernigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kernigan 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
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Kernigan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kernigan (Russian: Керниган) occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kernigan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Kernigan live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 60 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 48,041,019. In Russia it is most frequent in: Moscow, where 33 percent reside, Republic of Tatarstan, where 33 percent reside and Saint Petersburg, where 33 percent reside. Outside of Russia Kernigan exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside.

Kernigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kernigan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kernigan last name declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Kernighan94115/
Kearnigan940/
Kernegan880/
Kerneghan823/
Karnighan821/
Cornigan759/
Carnigan758/
Crenigan757/
Cernigon751/
Carnighan7183/
Cerneghan710/
Kerneghon710/
Crenegan630/
Crenigon630/
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Kernigan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kernigan in the Russian language
Керниганkernigan-

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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 Kernigan
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