Feddema Surname

267,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Feddema Surname User-submission:

The surname Feddema means 'son of Fedde' in Dutch and Frisian. Ma means 'son of' in the Frisian language, a language spoken in Friesland, a northern Provence of the Netherlands. And Fedde being a first name in certain parts of The Netherlands.

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Feddema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands8021:21,0563,344
Canada3431:107,42211,548
United States2551:1,421,40897,813
Australia311:870,82953,581
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
England31:18,572,686338,250
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Feddema Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Feddema means 'son of Fedde' in Dutch and Frisian. Ma means 'son of' in the Frisian language, a language spoken in Friesland, a northern Provence of the Netherlands. And Fedde being a first name in certain parts of The Netherlands.

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Feddema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Feddema is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Feddema.

How Common Is The Last Name Feddema? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 267,252nd most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,984,642 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Feddema are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 802 people, or 1 in 21,056. In The Netherlands Feddema is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 33 percent live, North Holland, where 20 percent live and Utrecht, where 9 percent live. Not including The Netherlands it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.

Feddema Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Feddema last name are 16.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.49% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Feddema earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.63% more than the national average, earning $47,737 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.42% more than the national average, earning $53,369 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Fadema772/
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Fodema771/
Fedemi771/
Vedema771/
Fedima771/
Faidema712/
Fedimma711/
Fadhema711/
Vedemai711/
Fedhima711/
Vaddema711/
Fadeima711/
Fiddama710/
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Voddemma675/
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