Faelens Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Faelens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faelens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1611:71,40811,406
France1201:553,52375,172
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Faelens Last Name Facts

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

Faelens is most common in Belgium. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Faelens click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Faelens? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 924,083rd most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. The surname Faelens is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Faelens reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 71,408. In Belgium Faelens is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Belgium this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 42 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falens9220/
Felens921/
Fallens86120/
Feillens8081/
Falliens804/
Valens7720,329/
Folens77438/
Felins7731/
Velens7714/
Falnæs777/
Falins774/
Follens71276/
Vallens71126/
Fallins71102/
Veulens7151/
Vejlens7110/
Valiens712/
Fehlins711/
Faulins711/
Foellenz671/
Valns670/
Fuellins670/
Veuillens6316/
Valins62255/
Valenz62144/
Volens6282/
Velins6211/
Folnæs625/
Felinz622/
Valnæs621/
Folins621/
Vallins57291/
Follins57245/
Vollens5729/
Vaulins574/
Velinsh572/
Vallenz572/
Phelins571/

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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 Faelens
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