Fanger Surname
Approximately 1,633 people bear this surname
Fanger Surname User-submission:
The surname Fanger originated in Switzerland and Germany. It is likely to have been given to animal catchers (especially bird catchers), as the Swiss German word fangen means 'catching'. It was written as vangen, and so the 'catchers' were called vanger.
Read More About This SurnameFanger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 634 | 1:571,702 | 46,905 |
| Switzerland | 331 | 1:24,812 | 3,898 |
| Germany | 274 | 1:293,816 | 30,374 |
| Brazil | 200 | 1:1,070,372 | 37,537 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 82 | 1:612,423 | 40,920 |
Fanger (1,803) may also be a first name.
Fanger Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Fanger originated in Switzerland and Germany. It is likely to have been given to animal catchers (especially bird catchers), as the Swiss German word fangen means 'catching'. It was written as vangen, and so the 'catchers' were called vanger.
- julia_swissFanger Demographics
Average Fanger Salary in
United States
$48,474 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Fanger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fanger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fanger is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanger? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 244,062nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,462,674 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Fanger live; 41 percent live in Western Europe and 38 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 179,947th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 1,803 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 634 people, or 1 in 571,702. In The United States it is most numerous in: Missouri, where 24 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 9 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 20 percent are found and Germany, where 17 percent are found.
Fanger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fanger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fanger last name increased 773 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fanger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Fanger surname are 5.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.38% being registered with the party.
Fanger earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.34% more than the national average, earning $48,474 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Fanger
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis