Ternow Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Ternow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ternow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Ternow Last Name Facts

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

Ternow is most common in Sweden. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ternow? popularity and diffusion

Ternow is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Ternow occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Ternow live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in Scandinavia.

Ternow is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 447,580. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 45 percent are found, Kalmar County, where 27 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 27 percent are found. Excluding Sweden Ternow exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tornow833,776/
Tarnow831,473/
Ternov83586/
Trenow8341/
Tyrnow834/
Tirnow830/
Ternova771,030/
Thörnow778/
Ternoff773/
Thornow771/
Ternhof771/
Tiernaw771/
Terznov771/
Terrnova7126/
Thernova711/
Thernoff711/
Tyrnov67269/
Tarnov67199/
Trenov67171/
Tornov6791/
Tärnov6715/
Tarnof678/
Tirnov677/
Ternav677/
Ternovova674/
Tarnów672/
Trenof671/
Tornof670/
Tarnoff62461/
Tyrnova62314/
Tırnova62257/
Tirnova6214/
Trenoff628/
Tjørnov625/
Tornoff624/
Tiornov622/
Tirnovs622/
Tarnnov621/
Tarnhoff570/
Tornav504/

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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 Ternow
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