Nagorny Surname

66,989th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Nagorny 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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Nagorny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan4,2351:4,175586
Russia1,7981:80,15710,155
Belarus6001:15,8352,548
Germany2991:269,24928,591
United States1541:2,353,629145,693
Israel931:92,01810,791
France561:1,186,120124,657
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Moldova81:445,17130,722
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Transnistria61:79,11610,859
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
England41:13,929,515290,718
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

The alternate forms: Nagórny (428) & Nagorný (2) are calculated separately.

Nagorny 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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Nagorny Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nagorny (Russian: Нагорны) is borne by more people in Kazakhstan than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Nagórny or Nagorný. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nagorny.

How Common Is The Last Name Nagorny? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nagorny is the 66,989th most common family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 980,431 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Nagorny are found; 57 percent are found in Central Asia and 57 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Kazakhstan, where it is carried by 4,235 people, or 1 in 4,175. In Kazakhstan it is most frequent in: Karaganda Region, where 95 percent live, Almaty Region, where 4 percent live and Astana, where 0 percent live. Not including Kazakhstan Nagorny is found in 31 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 24 percent live and Belarus, where 8 percent live.

Nagorny Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nagorny last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Nagorny surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nagorny earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 16.57% more than the national average, earning $50,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.08% less than the national average, earning $43,184 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nagórny95428/
Nagorný952/
Nagornyy935,801/
Nagornyi9390/
Nagorney9340/
Nagorniy9340/
Nagornyh9313/
Nagornay937/
Nagornuy931/
Nagornaya889,664/
Nagourney88133/
Nagornych885/
Nagornnyy882/
Nagurny86148/
Nagorni8674/
Nagorna8652/
Nagorne866/
Nogorny861/
Nagarny861/
Nagurney80190/
Nagurnyy8090/
Nagornii8034/
Nagorner8017/
Nagornih8011/
Nagornni807/
Nogornyy805/
Nagornij803/
Nagurniy803/
Nagornai802/
Nagornis801/
Nagornoi801/
Nagourna801/
Nagourne801/
Nagurnaya75327/
Nagornaja7590/
Nagornaia7571/
Nagornijs7549/
Nagornich753/
Nagornihs752/
Nagórna71460/
Nagarni7114/
Nagurne7112/
Nagurni712/
Nagarna711/
Nagournaia711/
Nagurna711/
Nagurnea6755/
Nagurnii672/

Nagorny Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nagorny in the Russian language
Нагорныnagorny-

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