Featherton Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Featherton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Featherton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Featherton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Featherton is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Featherton.

How Common Is The Last Name Featherton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Featherton live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Featherton is most prevalent in: California, where 25 percent live, Florida, where 25 percent live and Indiana, where 25 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 33 percent live.

Featherton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Featherton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feathertone952/
Fetherton950/
Fetterton840/
Vatterton741/
Fitterton740/
Fouthorton700/
Phetrtong631/
Vatartan561/
Phetrthong5045/
Phetrthonh501/

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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 Featherton
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