Feenstra Surname

56,849th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,914 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6,2801:2,689195
United States1,4661:247,24323,557
Canada6471:56,9486,727
Australia1141:236,80422,158
South Africa721:752,46852,376
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
New Zealand571:79,44411,532
England341:1,638,76668,634
Denmark291:194,64516,083
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Austria101:851,54467,454
France91:7,380,302306,885
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Norway81:642,78647,258
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Feenstra Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Frisian: habitational name for someone from a place called Veen, or topographic name from veen, meaning 'pit', 'moor'.

- paigev

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fenstra93137/
Veenstra8818,013/
Fennstra882/
Feemstra881/
Fuenstra881/
Venstra80122/
Finstra8011/
Fenztra801/
Fuinstra7514/
Vennstra757/
Veenstre751/
Fijnstra751/
Vinstra6714/
Finstro671/
Finshtroy591/

Feenstra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Feenstra in the Arabic language
فينستراfynstra-

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