Fastenau Surname

444,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fastenau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fastenau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4071:197,80222,786
United States2831:1,280,77490,005
Netherlands651:259,80332,877
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Fastenau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fastenau is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fastenau? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 444,963rd most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,501,364 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Fastenau are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 407 people, or 1 in 197,802. In Germany Fastenau is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 85 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent are found and Bremen, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Germany Fastenau is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 8 percent are found.

Fastenau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fastenau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fastenau last name rose 4,717 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fastenau Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fastenau surname are 1.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.79% being registered to vote for the party.

Fastenau earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.

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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
  • 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 Fastenau
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