Featherbe Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Featherbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Featherbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1181:472,18730,747
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Featherbe Last Name Facts

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

Featherbe is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Featherbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,428,594th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Featherbe is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Featherbe reside; 78 percent reside in Northern Europe and 78 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most common in England, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 472,187. In England it is most numerous in: Kent, where 74 percent are found, West Sussex, where 11 percent are found and Berkshire, where 4 percent are found. Other than England Featherbe is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent are found and New Zealand, where 8 percent are found.

Featherbe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Featherbe has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Featherbe surname increased 983 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Featherbee959/
Featherby89416/
Faitherbe891/
Fetherbee890/
Featherbay846/
Fetherby825/
Fetherba821/
Fatherby820/
Fetherbay7843/
Featherway742/
Viterbe633/
Fayetörbay5362/
Fayatorbay5317/
Fathairviz531/
Fetrve530/
Viterbi5082/

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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 Featherbe
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