Feenstra Surname
Approximately 8,914 people bear this surname
Feenstra Surname User-submission:
Frisian: habitational name for someone from a place called Veen, or topographic name from veen, meaning 'pit', 'moor'.
Feenstra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6,280 | 1:2,689 | 195 |
| United States | 1,466 | 1:247,243 | 23,557 |
| Canada | 647 | 1:56,948 | 6,727 |
| Australia | 114 | 1:236,804 | 22,158 |
| South Africa | 72 | 1:752,468 | 52,376 |
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| New Zealand | 57 | 1:79,444 | 11,532 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
Feenstra Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Frisian: habitational name for someone from a place called Veen, or topographic name from veen, meaning 'pit', 'moor'.
- paigevFeenstra Demographics
Average Feenstra Salary in
United States
$47,600 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Feenstra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Feenstra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Feenstra (Arabic: فينسترا) is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Feenstra? popularity and diffusion
The last name Feenstra is the 56,849th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 817,539 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Feenstra reside; 72 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 6,280 people, or 1 in 2,689. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Friesland, where 34 percent live, North Holland, where 13 percent live and South Holland, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands it is found in 39 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.
Feenstra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Feenstra has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 4,442 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Feenstra Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Feenstra last name are 32.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 79.71% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Feenstra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.31% less than the national average, earning 296,554 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 37.27% more than the national average, earning R 326,196 per year; in United States they earn 10.32% more than the national average, earning $47,600 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.6% more than the national average, earning $50,973 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Feenstra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Feenstra in the Arabic language | ||
| فينسترا | fynstra | - |
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Footnotes
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