Ernest is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ernest
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ernest

How popular is Ernest?

Ernest is common in Nigeria.

Ernest is ranked 4800 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ernest bearers increased by 1.086493 per cent in 2010 US census to 4745 since 2000, the surname slipped by 413 spots and ranked at 7053. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.8 81.89
Black 16 12.46
Hispanic or Latino 2.82 1.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.23 1.11
Others 1.83 2.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.32 0.4
Ernest is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Tanzania which signifies that it is originated from Tanzania. Around 113784 people have been found who wears Ernest as their family name. Ernest is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
7,022 Senegal7
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
2,491 Zambia5
1,387 Togo4
59,967 Moldova4
4,915 Panama3
2,444 Sudan3
6,270 Hong Kong3
35,789 Turkey3
7,683 Latvia3
16,605 Austria3
479 Burundi3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
32,086 Mexico3
11,392 Slovakia3
3,707 Malawi3
10,329 Pakistan3
14,494 Armenia3
18,625 Japan2
237 Central African Republic2
332 Chad2
35,969 Denmark2
7,299 Estonia2
12,161 Wales2
20,837 Venezuela2
1,472 The Bahamas2
255 Micronesia2
3,871 Paraguay2
10,284 Kuwait2
746 Dominica1
50,549 Georgia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
28,746 Algeria1
37,779 Serbia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
10,190 Bahrain1
34,581 Chile1
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,314 Bolivia1
923 Turks and Caicos Islands1
4,249 Cambodia1
24,771 Colombia1
3,350 Fiji1
77,122 Sweden1
1,179 Swaziland1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,895 South Korea1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,078 Lesotho1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
2,024 Mongolia1
38,830 Morocco1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,005 The Gambia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
25,746 Finland1
42,479 Greece1
7,292 Vietnam1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
7,941 Guatemala1
20,172 Hungary1
29,595 Iran1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
5,916 Mozambique1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
302 Seychelles47
1,588 Luxembourg40
51,408 Spain37
15,547 New Zealand36
8,720 Qatar29
9,692 Ireland27
4,356 Trinidad and Tobago27
2,754 Costa Rica26
80,267 Kazakhstan24
1,064 Barbados23
46,018 Belarus22
1,737 Iceland22
18,457 Scotland20
32,484 Kyrgyzstan16
12,285 Burkina Faso15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,743 Singapore89
12,775 Israel82
1,510 Guyana78
62,903 Ukraine75
78,184 Italy67
23,283 Zimbabwe65
12,538 Norway59
19,965 Switzerland54
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Ernest:
1,819 Benin937
6,252 Kenya863
12,025 France771
16,171 Germany639
10,088 England635
8,084 Canada510
24,415 Brazil509
5,324 Malaysia405
30,822 Philippines387
15,860 Poland382
7,802 Netherlands359
5,326 Czech Republic330
92,982 India241
9,402 Romania230
12,073 Australia228
46,589 Indonesia202
1,189 Mauritius201
162 Saint Lucia186
72,395 Russia178
10,317 Belgium178
2,520 Botswana157
4,581 Lithuania135
5,943 Ecuador115
Countries with thousands of Ernest:
5,992 United States6,517
565 Madagascar6,057
572 Cameroon5,352
809 Ghana4,393
504 Rwanda3,368
2,735 South Africa2,374
2,693 Uganda2,054
786 Haiti2,038
447 Papua New Guinea1,993
3,957 Egypt1,839
1,457 Ivory Coast1,753
Countries with ten thousands of Ernest:
96 Tanzania47,610
1,374 Nigeria18,493
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Michel Ernest worked as miner and hailed from Italy. 22 years old embarked for California from Havre on La Bourgogne and arrived on May 14, 1888.

Comments

C
Cordell Mcnear
 ernest is a baptism name and surname of Germanic origin, relating to the Old High German ernust serious, zeal.

Ernest Namesakes

  • Joseph Alfred Ernest Roy, Lawyer
  • Joseph Ernest Oscar Gladu, Politician
  • Julien Ernest Allard, Politician
  • Charles Ernest Allred, Author
  • Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Prince of Hanover
  • Archduke Ernest of Austria, Archduke of Austria
  • Mario Ernesto Sánchez, Theatre Actor
  • Luis Ernesto Franco, Actor
  • Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Prince
  • Sir Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
  • In 2018, Sserunya Ernest played the role of Tumalata in action film Precision: The Child Drug Trafficking.

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