Nagornaya Surname

52,913th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Nagornaya 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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Nagornaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia7,6511:18,8372,664
Belarus1,2001:7,9181,140
Kazakhstan4861:36,3844,884
Uzbekistan1141:271,3088,096
Transnistria951:4,997874
Kyrgyzstan481:124,43014,143
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Moldova121:296,78124,445
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
England11:55,718,059489,080
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Nagornaya 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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Nagornaya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nagornaya (Russian: Нагорная) is found most frequently in Russia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nagornaya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nagornaya is the 52,913th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 754,092 people. The last name Nagornaya is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Nagornaya reside; 65 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 64 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Russia, where it is carried by 7,651 people, or 1 in 18,837. In Russia it is primarily concentrated in: Khabarovsk Krai, where 17 percent are found, Krasnodar Krai, where 8 percent are found and Rostov Oblast, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Russia it is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 12 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent are found.

Nagornaya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (92%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (87%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Nagornaya surname are 18.78% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 65.55% being registered to vote for the political party.

Nagornaya earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.99% less than the national average, earning $35,388 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nagornaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nagornaya in the Russian language
Нагорнаяnagornaa-

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