Fehling Surname

131,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,450 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fehling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fehling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,6771:30,0733,967
United States5531:655,44152,505
Netherlands941:179,65125,733
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Chile191:927,18319,125
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
England41:13,929,515290,718
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Fehling Last Name Facts

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

Fehling is most common in Germany. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fehling? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 131,074th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,112,332 people. The last name Fehling occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Fehling are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 2,677 people, or 1 in 30,073. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 24 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.

Fehling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fehling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fehling surname rose 779 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fehling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fehling surname are 20.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.54% registered with the political party.

The amount Fehling earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 7.12% more than the national average, earning $46,223 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.7% less than the national average, earning $35,425 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fehlings93167/
Faehling9393/
Feling9290/
Vehling86613/
Feuling86429/
Feyling86333/
Feiling86315/
Fahling86163/
Fähling86136/
Fealing8633/
Feeling8633/
Felings8614/
Föhling8613/
Fieling866/
Felhing864/
Fesling861/
Fetling861/
Faeling860/
Felingue8026/
Fettling8013/
Föhlings808/
Fealings806/
Feelings802/
Vaehling801/
Pfelging801/
Fahaling801/
Fehlengs800/
Feilling800/
Pfhaling800/
Featling800/
Veling77821/
Faling77778/
Filing77163/
Foling7713/
Felinc771/
Felinx771/
Fyling771/
Feleng771/
Felink771/
Felingová753/
Felingova752/
Pheihling751/
Failing711,240/
Falling71504/
Vahling71281/
Folling71115/
Vejling7187/
Fayling7148/
Veeling7123/
Vähling7116/
Phaling7111/
Philing7110/
Faaling718/
Pheling717/
Veiling716/
Filings715/
Foeleng711/
Veyling711/
Vheling711/
Vieling710/
Fahleng710/
Foyling710/
Fleng6767/
Failings672/
Phuiling671/
Filingue671/
Felengue671/
Fuiliong671/
Phailing671/
Failling671/
Vahlling671/
Vahaling671/
Phohling671/
Veelingh670/
Veilling670/

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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 Fehling
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