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 occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fegg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,048,281st most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. Fegg occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Fegg live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Fegg is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 354,650. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 90 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.

Fegg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fegg has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Fegg surname contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 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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