Kernjak Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Kernjak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 59 | 1:144,329 | 19,392 |
| Croatia | 30 | 1:140,953 | 19,667 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Slovenia | 11 | 1:226,152 | 15,984 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
Kernjak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kernjak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kernjak occurs most in Austria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kernjak click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kernjak? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,628,521st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Kernjak live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Austria, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 144,329. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Carinthia, where 98 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Austria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 24 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerenjak | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cernjak | 86 | 53 | / |
| Karnjak | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kornjak | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kernyak | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kerniak | 86 | 0 | / |
| Khernyak | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kierniak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chernjak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Korniak | 71 | 1,009 | / |
| Kornyak | 71 | 97 | / |
| Cerniak | 71 | 95 | / |
| Kirniak | 71 | 21 | / |
| Karniak | 71 | 11 | / |
| Cernyak | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kernyák | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cernzak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kirnyak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khornyak | 67 | 21 | / |
| Khirnyak | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cerniack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kierniok | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Kernjak
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