Quernec Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Quernec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quernec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1781:373,16155,519
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Quernec Last Name Facts

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

Quernec has its highest incidence in France. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Quernec? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,267,784th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Quernec reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

Quernec is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 373,161. In France Quernec is most numerous in: Brittany, where 34 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 25 percent live and Grand Est, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account France it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guernec8649/
Quernez8648/
Quernes8645/
Guernnec801/
Kernec77158/
Cernec7759/
Guernic71133/
Cerneac7192/
Cerneck7148/
Guernez718/
Kerneck717/
Guernes714/
Kernech714/
Quirnes711/
Guerneg710/
Kernec'h6738/
Guernick6725/
Kernecke673/
Kerneche671/
Guernich671/
Kerneich670/

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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 Quernec
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