Feetum Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Andorra

Feetum Surname Definition:

A corruption of Feetham, a local name.

Feetum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:3,714,537119,675
Andorra11:83,8382,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Feetum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A corruption of Feetham, a local name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Feetham; a location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Feetum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Feetum is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Feetum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Feetum occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Feetum reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Feetum is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England Feetum is mostly found in: Durham, where 27 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 27 percent reside and Tyne and Wear, where 27 percent reside. Besides England this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Andorra, where 6 percent reside.

Feetum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Feetum has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Feetum surname expanded 136 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feethum921/
Fetum9149/
Fetoum8316/
Fetume8310/
Feetom8310/
Fietum831/
Fetuim831/
Featum830/
Fettoum7710/
Fethoum775/
Fetoume773/
Fethume771/
Festume771/
Fetoujm771/
Fetgoum771/
Fatum73605/
Fetom736/
Fotum735/
Fitum732/
Fetun732/
Vetum731/
Fettoume711/
Fistum671,292/
Fathum67175/
Fattum679/
Fahtum677/
Fetune674/
Fitoum673/
Fautum673/
Fetoun672/
Vettum671/
Vietum671/
Fhatum671/
Fitume671/
Phetum671/
Fateum670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Feetum
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