Körnig Surname

601,015th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Körnig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Körnig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5151:156,32118,676
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

The alternate forms: Kornig (40) are calculated separately.

Körnig Last Name Facts

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

The surname Körnig has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur as: Kornig. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Körnig? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 601,015th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Körnig are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 515 people, or 1 in 156,321. In Germany Körnig is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 31 percent live, Berlin, where 14 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 12 percent live. Other than Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kornig9440/
Kernig83100/
Karnig8384/
Körnigová803/
Koernig77257/
Kornigg7722/
Körnicke7138/
Karnik679,162/
Kornik67279/
Kernik6798/
Carnig6717/
Karneg675/
Cornig670/

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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 Körnig
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