Fechney Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Fechney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fechney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand941:48,1747,829
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
England51:4,875,074116,529

Fechney Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fechney is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fechney.

How Common Is The Last Name Fechney? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,817,111th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name Fechney occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Fechney are found; 97 percent are found in Australasia and 97 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most common in New Zealand, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 48,174. In New Zealand Fechney is most numerous in: Canterbury Region, where 76 percent are found, Waikato Region, where 14 percent are found and Nelson, where 6 percent are found. Barring New Zealand this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 6 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feichney930/
Fechner8614,443/
Fechnay8614/
Fachney860/
Fechnie860/
Faichney80733/
Feschner807/
Feichner804/
Feachnie804/
Fitchney803/
Fejchner802/
Fetchner801/
Fesney770/
Feischner751/
Faichneuy751/
Feitchner750/
Feshneh71148/
Fichner71103/
Fächner7182/
Vechnyi7158/
Fachnie7143/
Vechniy713/
Fychner711/
Fichnet711/
Vachney710/
Feshner710/
Fitchne710/
Vechnaya67336/
Fitchner67184/
Faichnie67129/
Fischner6723/
Fejne6722/
Pfichner6711/
Phechnoy671/
Fajchner671/
Fezny671/
Faishney670/
Feishner670/

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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 Fechney
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