Ternav Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Ternav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ternav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Ternav Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ternav (Russian: Тернав) occurs in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ternav? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ternav live; 86 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Slovenia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 414,612. In Slovenia it is most common in: Central Slovenia, where 50 percent are found and Coastal-Karst, where 50 percent are found. Barring Slovenia Ternav is found in one country. It also occurs in Belarus, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ternov83586/
Ternev8310/
Tornav834/
Ternova771,030/
Tarnaev77169/
Terneev779/
Tornaev776/
Tornhav773/
Terznov771/
Törnhav771/
Tiernaw771/
Tyrnaev771/
Terrnova7126/
Thernova711/
Tyrnov67269/
Tarnov67199/
Trenov67171/
Tornov6791/
Tornev6781/
Tarnev6777/
Ternow6727/
Tärnov6715/
Tirnov677/
Ternovova674/

Ternav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ternav in the Russian language
Тернавternav-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ternav
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