Fearfull Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Fearfull Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fearfull Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
England11:55,718,059489,080
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Fearfull Last Name Facts

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

Fearfull is borne by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fearfull? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fearfull is the 10,311,814th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Fearfull live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently held in Scotland, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,676,908. In Scotland it is mostly found in: Fife, where 50 percent live and Glasgow City, where 50 percent live. Apart from Scotland Fearfull exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 33 percent live.

Fearfull Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fearfull has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Fearfull last name expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it contracted 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fearful930/
Fairfull88485/
Farful861/
Fairfoull8263/
Faurfoull824/
Fairful8067/
Varfull800/
Fairfoul75100/
Fairfaul750/
Fairfoll750/
Farfulova711/
Fierfol672/
Fairfool630/
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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 Fearfull
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