Farnung Surname

560,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Farnung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farnung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4601:175,01220,562
United States1021:3,553,519199,004
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Farnung Last Name Facts

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

The surname Farnung is found most in Germany. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Farnung? popularity and diffusion

Farnung is the 560,645th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. The surname Farnung is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Farnung live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 460 people, or 1 in 175,012. In Germany Farnung is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 88 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent are found and Bavaria, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Germany Farnung exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Farnung Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Farnung surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.92% being registered with the political party.

Farnung earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.53% more than the national average, earning $50,282 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farnun9222/
Fernung86146/
Farnoun8616/
Farnund860/
Farnhun860/
Farnungová821/
Farnoune804/
Farnum773,697/
Farnon77424/
Varnun7710/
Fornun770/
Fearnon7137/
Farnhum715/
Fornong714/
Farnumq711/
Farnaum710/
Farnnum710/
Farnnon710/
Fearnum710/
Fornum6213/
Fornon623/
Farñon621/
Fournon57143/

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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 Farnung
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