Kornig Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Kornig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kornig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France281:2,372,240182,981
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Körnig (517) are calculated separately.

Kornig Last Name Facts

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

Kornig (Russian: Корниг) occurs most in France. It may be found in the variant forms: Körnig. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kornig? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Kornig live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 2,372,240. In France it is primarily found in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 75 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 11 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 7 percent reside. Besides France Kornig exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 13 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Körnig94517/
Koernig92257/
Kornigg9222/
Kornigs920/
Kornik83279/
Kernig83100/
Karnig8384/
Kurnig8360/
Kornic8353/
Cornig830/
Kornick77443/
Kornikh7717/
Kornics777/
Korniks776/
Kournik775/
Korniec773/
Karnigs773/
Korznik773/
Korniok772/
Korniek772/
Korneik771/
Kornaik771/
Khornik771/
Khornegh7198/
Kornicke7162/
Kornieck7147/
Kornicks7129/
Korennik7121/
Koornick714/
Korznnik711/
Karnigth710/
Koernick710/
Karnik679,162/
Kurnik673,124/
Cornic671,757/
Kornek671,749/
Kornikova67537/
Kornyk67192/
Kernik6798/
Cornik6748/
Korzennik6729/
Kornec6728/
Karnic6718/
Carnig6717/
Karneg675/
Körnigová673/
Cornix673/
Kornicova672/
Corneg671/
Korinniks671/
Kurnic671/
Korenniks671/

Kornig Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kornig in the Russian language
Корнигkornig-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Kornig
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis