Fellowes Surname

189,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Fellowes Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the fellow,' a comrade, a companion, or simply a body, a sociable man; compare Goodfellow, Goodbody, Longfellow, &c. Fellows is the genitive.

John Felagh, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Fellowes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2291:45,3365,712
Australia3551:76,0448,891
United States1761:2,059,426131,385
Scotland1051:50,9894,384
Canada731:504,73442,927
Wales701:44,2084,243
New Zealand701:64,6909,897
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Northern Ireland401:46,1264,031
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
France51:13,284,544357,392
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
China21:683,660,78330,601
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4871:50,0526,107
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Fellowes Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the fellow,' a comrade, a companion, or simply a body, a sociable man; compare Goodfellow, Goodbody, Longfellow, &c. Fellows is the genitive.

John Felagh, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-Scand.) Fellow’s (Son). Fellow orig. signified Partner, Associate, Companion; later, Common Man, Manservant, Husbandman [Middle English felaw(e, felow, Old English feó-laga, Old Norse félagi] We may attribute the disappearance of the sing. form Fellow as a surname to the partial disrepute into which the term has fallen.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who was a partner or associate of another; dweller near the newly cultivated land.

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

Besides its more proper meaning of ' companion,' the word Fellow is used in some dialects to signify a young unmarried man, or a servant engaged in husbandry.-Halliw. Chaucer uses the phrase "a proper felawe" to denote a well-formed young man. The H.R. spellings of the name are Le Felawe, Le Felawes, and Fellawe.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the French, Féliers; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Fellowes Last Name Facts

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

Fellowes is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fellowes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 189,000th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,259,189 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Fellowes reside; 65 percent reside in Northern Europe and 65 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most widely held in England, where it is held by 1,229 people, or 1 in 45,336. In England it is most common in: Greater London, where 18 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 5 percent live and West Midlands, where 4 percent live. Other than England Fellowes exists in 29 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Fellowes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fellowes has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Fellowes surname increased 252 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 332 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 5,250 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fellowes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Fellowes surname is principally Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Fellowes surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fellowes earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.4% less than the national average, earning R 117,876 per year; in United States they earn 24.78% more than the national average, earning $53,842 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.55% more than the national average, earning $65,357 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Felllowes941/
Felloes933/
Fellowis881/
Flowes8630/
Fellowesová841/
Fellous804,838/
Fellies8025/
Felleis8014/
Flowess802/
Flowets801/
Flowies801/
Floes77283/
Fellouss7517/
Fellouse7517/
Fellouce751/
Floess7144/
Floyes7132/
Floies718/
Floehs718/
Floves716/
Flobes713/
Floues712/
Flowis711/
Flawes710/
Fllies710/
Fellhouse710/
Fillies672,718/
Fillous6760/
Flouest6729/
Flogies6717/
Flowerz6713/
Vellois675/
Floesch673/
Floyies671/
Flioues671/
Fellays671/
Filloez671/
Fellais671/
Felliez671/
Floveus671/
Fillees671/
Fellouz670/
Velleis670/

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