Fegg Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fegg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fegg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2271:354,65034,247
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Fegg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fegg is most common in Germany. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fegg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,048,281st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Fegg are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 354,650. In Germany Fegg is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 90 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.

Fegg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fegg has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Fegg surname decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feigg8911/
Fiegg891/
Feg8644/
Figg753,024/
Feig752,546/
Fieg75465/
Feeg7583/
Vegg755/
Fegh754/
Feag752/
Fegt752/
Hfeg751/
Fegs751/
Fesg751/
Wfeg751/
Fheg751/
Fjgg751/
Feqg751/
Fehg751/
Fejg751/
Ffeg751/
Feug751/
Fegue671,360/
Figgs671,248/
Feigh67203/
Feigt6795/
Feigk6764/
Feigs6747/
Fegth6722/
Feagh6713/
Feegh677/
Veegg676/
Veigg672/
Feahg671/
Veygg671/
Fgeeg671/
Fejgh671/
Feugh670/

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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 Fegg
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