Feinberg Surname

58,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,630 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Feinberg Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Fair Mount [Ger. fein, from Fr . fin, fine + Ger. berg, hill]

Feinberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,1891:44,2625,421
South Africa1141:475,24339,351
Canada641:575,71247,839
England411:1,358,97760,528
Sweden381:259,12517,909
France281:2,372,240182,981
Australia271:999,84158,390
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Israel111:777,96750,646
Norway91:571,36544,190
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Maldives21:202,0864,973
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Feinberg (20) may also be a first name.

Feinberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Fair Mount [Ger. fein, from Fr . fin, fine + Ger. berg, hill]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) Dweller near the Feinberg (fair mountain), in Austria.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a place name) or (from an ancestor's occupation) Since the “f” and “v” are interchanged, Feinberg is really Veinberg, the pronunciation of Weinberg in Silesia. Sometimes Weinberg was assumed by people in the wine business.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Feinberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Feinberg (Russian: Феинберг) occurs most in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Feinberg.

How Common Is The Last Name Feinberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Feinberg is the 58,565th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 844,443 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Feinberg are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname Feinberg is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 8,189 people, or 1 in 44,262. In The United States Feinberg is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 20 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The United States it is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Feinberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Feinberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Feinberg surname expanded 18,611 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 342 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Feinberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Feinberg surname are 41.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.38% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Feinberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 133.23% more than the national average, earning R 554,232 per year; in United States they earn 37.19% more than the national average, earning $59,196 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.56% more than the national average, earning $69,340 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Feinberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Feinberg in the Russian language
Феинбергfeinberg-

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Feinberg Reference & Research

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