Podhorny Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Norway

Podhorny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Podhorny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany471:1,712,88299,068
Norway161:321,39331,311
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Podhorný (249) are calculated separately.

Podhorny Last Name Facts

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

The last name Podhorny is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Podhorný. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Podhorny? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,020,555th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Podhorny is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Podhorny reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 1,712,882. In Germany Podhorny is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 53 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 28 percent live and Bavaria, where 19 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.

Podhorny Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Podhorny earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 69.37% more than the national average, earning 586,149 kr per year and in Canada they earn 25.12% less than the national average, earning $37,205 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Podhorny
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