Kernow Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Kernow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kernow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kernow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kernow is found most in England. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kernow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kernow is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Kernow is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Kernow are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Kernow is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England Kernow is most numerous in: Cornwall, where 20 percent are found, Devon, where 20 percent are found and Lincolnshire, where 20 percent are found. Other than England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Kernow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kernow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kernow surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karnow8388/
Kornow8362/
Kernov8344/
Kirnow835/
Kyrnow831/
Krenow831/
Kernof831/
Kernaw831/
Chernow771,002/
Kernouf77218/
Kernova7743/
Kernoff7739/
Khernov7717/
Kernhof7716/
Krehnow775/
Kiernaw772/
Khernova7117/
Kernhoff7110/
Kerzhnov713/
Khernouf712/
Kernoufe711/
Cernov67580/
Karnov67541/
Kernaf67369/
Carnow67275/
Kornov67178/
Kirnov67120/
Krenov6782/
Kyrnov6722/
Karnof6717/
Cornow679/
Kernab672/
Kirnof671/

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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 Kernow
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