Kurňava Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Kurňava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 24 | 1:222,352 | 35,659 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
The alternate forms: Kúrňava (6) are calculated separately.
Kurňava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurňava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kurňava is more frequently found in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Kúrňava. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurňava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Kurňava is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kurňava live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 222,352. In Slovakia Kurňava is most frequent in: Prešov Region, where 42 percent live, Trnava Region, where 33 percent live and Nitra Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Slovakia it exists in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 8 percent live.
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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
- 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 Kurňava
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