Fecken Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Fecken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fecken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands901:187,63526,551
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Fecken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fecken is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Fecken click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fecken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,581,912th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. Fecken occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Fecken live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Fecken is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 187,635. In The Netherlands Fecken is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 47 percent live, Utrecht, where 23 percent live and Gelderland, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 26 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.

Fecken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fecken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fecken surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fiecken924/
Feken91141/
Ficken832,366/
Focken831,551/
Feeken83411/
Feiken83382/
Fekken83297/
Foeken83194/
Fekeng8349/
Fieken8324/
Feuken8311/
Fesken8310/
Facken834/
Fekien831/
Feckne831/
Feckin830/
Fekenne7772/
Feachen7732/
Feikeng7710/
Feichen773/
Feakeng771/
Feijken771/
Faicken771/
Feisken770/
Fuicken770/
Faken73250/
Veken73230/
Foken73172/
Fekin7370/
Fiken7318/
Fekne7315/
Ficen738/
Fecin733/
Fycen730/
Veckienė713/
Fokken671,697/
Fedkin671,690/
Veeken67411/
Feakin6798/
Fikken6795/
Fedkyn6794/
Feekin6783/
Fechin6767/
Fackin6746/
Fichen6743/
Fekina6732/
Feskin6731/
Fetkin6729/
Faiken6718/
Feskyn6715/
Figken6713/
Vicken6712/
Feikin6712/
Veiken679/
Fakien677/
Fockin676/
Feykin676/
Fickin674/
Feukin672/
Veyken672/
Fakken671/
Ficaen671/
Fidken671/
Feacin671/
Veckin671/
Vecaen671/
Vaeken671/
Fygken671/
Faqeen671/
Feknne671/
Fokoen671/
Fohken671/
Feqent671/
Fitken670/
Fickne670/
Fiekin670/

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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 Fecken
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