Nagorna Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belarus

Nagorna Surname User-submission:

This surname has the same meaning in almost all Slavic languages. Na gori (Ukrainian) or na gore (Russian) or na górze (Polish) means 'on the hill'. So those are people who lived on the hill. If we are talking about big cities, only wealthy people could live on the hill.

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Nagorna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Nagórna (460) are calculated separately.

Nagorna Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname has the same meaning in almost all Slavic languages. Na gori (Ukrainian) or na gore (Russian) or na górze (Polish) means 'on the hill'. So those are people who lived on the hill. If we are talking about big cities, only wealthy people could live on the hill. The poorer you are, the lower you live.

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Nagorna Last Name Facts

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

Nagorna (Russian: Нагорна) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Nagórna. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nagorna? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nagorna is the 2,689,253rd most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Nagorna live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States Nagorna is primarily concentrated in: New Jersey, where 38 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Minnesota, where 15 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 21 percent live and Belarus, where 12 percent live.

Nagorna Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.

Nagorna earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.93% less than the national average, earning $25,056 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nagorna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nagorna in the Russian language
Нагорнаnagorna-

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