Kurnava Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Kurnava Surname User-submission:

This surname is Estonian for 'voracious' and Old Slovak for the 'dark coming storm'.

Kurnava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Slovakia171:313,90944,635
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Kúrnava (14) & Kurńava (1) are calculated separately.

Kurnava Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is Estonian for 'voracious' and Old Slovak for the 'dark coming storm'.

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Kurnava Last Name Facts

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

Kurnava (Russian: Курнава) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kúrnava or Kurńava. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurnava? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kurnava is the 1,967,751st most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Kurnava live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 5,105,055. In The United States Kurnava is most frequent in: California, where 15 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 15 percent live and Michigan, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 19 percent live and Latvia, where 1 percent live.

Kurnava Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kurnava last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Kurnava earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.29% more than the national average, earning $58,808 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kurnava Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurnava in the Russian language
Курнаваkurnava-

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Footnotes

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