Farmery Surname

327,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Farmery Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the fermery,' i.e. infirmary, hospital. Old French enfermerll. 'Fermerye, infirmaria, infirmitorium': Promptorium Parvulorum With the modern Farmery, compare Clerk and Clark, Perkin and Parkin, &c.

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Farmery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8421:66,1737,690
United States1411:2,570,631155,955
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Australia271:999,84158,390
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Scotland221:243,35512,191
Wales131:238,04114,239
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5351:45,5615,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Farmery Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the fermery,' i.e. infirmary, hospital. Old French enfermerll. 'Fermerye, infirmaria, infirmitorium': Promptorium Parvulorum With the modern Farmery, compare Clerk and Clark, Perkin and Parkin, &c.; v. Spittle.

John atte Fermery, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Raulyn de la Fenuerie, 1306. Writs of Parliament.

Idoma de la Fermerie. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

John le (sic) Fermery. Rolls of Parliament.

1592-3. Edward Lister and Anne Fafmarie: Marriage Lic. (London).

1796. Married — George Farmery and Sarah Wybrow: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Farmery Last Name Facts

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

The last name Farmery is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farmery? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 327,420th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,426,407 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Farmery live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 77 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 842 people, or 1 in 66,173. In England it is most prevalent in: Lincolnshire, where 14 percent are found, South Yorkshire, where 11 percent are found and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 10 percent are found. Apart from England Farmery exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Farmery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Farmery has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Farmery last name grew 157 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 2,014 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Farmery Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Farmery last name are 1.8% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Farmery earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 0.31% more than the national average, earning R 238,380 per year; in United States they earn 4.63% less than the national average, earning $41,152 USD per year and in Canada they earn 61.52% more than the national average, earning $80,247 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farmerey9325/
Farmeary9312/
Formery86451/
Farmere8618/
Fermery8612/
Farmary863/
Farmerj862/
Farmerie80250/
Farmerio806/
Farmerii801/
Farmerer800/
Farmierie752/
Farmare717/
Formere714/
Formera712/
Varmary711/
Fermeri711/
Fermory710/
Formerio679/
Fairmare672/
Formoray672/
Formeris672/
Farhmira671/
Formieri671/
Farmarie670/

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Farmery Reference & Research

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Farmery FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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