Fegeant Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Fegeant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fegeant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1031:644,88183,663
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guernsey11:32,6562,283

The alternate forms: Fégeant (4) are calculated separately.

Fegeant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fegeant is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Fégeant. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fegeant? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fegeant is the 1,817,111th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Fegeant reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

Fegeant is most common in France, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 644,881. In France it is primarily found in: Brittany, where 30 percent reside, Normandy, where 30 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fégeant954/
Fegean9210/
Feigean8634/
Fageant869/
Vegeant863/
Fegeamt861/
Feugaint801/
Fiegehan801/
Fejean77153/
Fegain7721/
Vegean776/
Fezean771/
Figean771/
Vigeant712,207/
Feugain71205/
Fezeane7157/
Feagain7140/
Fegaing716/
Feghaun714/
Făgețan714/
Feezyan711/
Feigeon710/
Fezaint710/
Feaghein671/
Phageant670/
Veughean670/

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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 Fegeant
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