Feitknecht Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Feitknecht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Feitknecht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland1021:80,5199,217
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Feitknecht Last Name Facts

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

The surname Feitknecht has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Feitknecht? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Feitknecht are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 65 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 80,519. In Switzerland it is most prevalent in: Canton of Bern, where 37 percent reside, Canton of Fribourg, where 11 percent reside and Canton of Zürich, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Switzerland Feitknecht is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Feitknecht Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Feitknecht has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Feitknecht Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Feitknecht surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the party.

Feitknecht earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.48% less than the national average, earning $38,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feitkneckt903/
Futkencht741/
Fekne6715/
Faitkney672/
Fekhnych671/

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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 Feitknecht
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