Zhurnya Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Zhurnya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Zhurnya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus311:306,48634,064
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Russia41:36,030,764577,589

Zhurnya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zhurnya (Russian: Журня) occurs most in Belarus. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhurnya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,100,440th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Zhurnya are found; 85 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 85 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Zhurnya is most widespread in Belarus, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 306,486. In Belarus Zhurnya is most numerous in: Vitebsk Region, where 65 percent live, Grodno Region, where 13 percent live and Minsk, where 10 percent live. Not including Belarus Zhurnya occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 13 percent live and Russia, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zhornya864/
Zurnia777/
Churnia7152/
Zurniah7117/
Jurnyas7112/
Sournya712/
Zeurnja711/
Zurniat711/
Czornya711/
Cournyea6743/
Zurniaha6710/
Zurnijat6710/
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Zhurnya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zhurnya in the Russian language
Журняzurna-

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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 Zhurnya
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