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

Fastenau is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fastenau? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fastenau is the 444,963rd most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,501,364 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Fastenau live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 197,802. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 85 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent reside and Bremen, where 3 percent reside. Other than Germany it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside.

Fastenau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fastenau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fastenau surname 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% registered with the political 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
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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 Fastenau
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