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

The surname Kurnava (Russian: Курнава) occurs most in The United States. It may appear as: Kúrnava or Kurńava. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurnava? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,967,751st most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Kurnava reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 5,105,055. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 15 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 15 percent are found and Michigan, where 10 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 19 percent are found and Latvia, where 1 percent are found.

Kurnava Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kurnava surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political 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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