Fellowes Surname
Approximately 2,236 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameFellowes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,229 | 1:45,336 | 5,712 |
| Australia | 355 | 1:76,044 | 8,891 |
| United States | 176 | 1:2,059,426 | 131,385 |
| Scotland | 105 | 1:50,989 | 4,384 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| Wales | 70 | 1:44,208 | 4,243 |
| New Zealand | 70 | 1:64,690 | 9,897 |
| South Africa | 53 | 1:1,022,221 | 62,590 |
| Northern Ireland | 40 | 1:46,126 | 4,031 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 16 | 1:276,867 | 11,455 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 487 | 1:50,052 | 6,107 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 53 | 1:947,522 | 56,651 |
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.
(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.
(English) One who was a partner or associate of another; dweller near the newly cultivated land.
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.
From the French, Féliers; a personal name.
Fellowes Demographics
Average Male Fellowes Height
177.19 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felllowes | 94 | 1 | / |
| Felloes | 93 | 3 | / |
| Fellowis | 88 | 1 | / |
| Flowes | 86 | 30 | / |
| Fellowesová | 84 | 1 | / |
| Fellous | 80 | 4,838 | / |
| Fellies | 80 | 25 | / |
| Felleis | 80 | 14 | / |
| Flowess | 80 | 2 | / |
| Flowets | 80 | 1 | / |
| Flowies | 80 | 1 | / |
| Floes | 77 | 283 | / |
| Fellouss | 75 | 17 | / |
| Fellouse | 75 | 17 | / |
| Fellouce | 75 | 1 | / |
| Floess | 71 | 44 | / |
| Floyes | 71 | 32 | / |
| Floies | 71 | 8 | / |
| Floehs | 71 | 8 | / |
| Floves | 71 | 6 | / |
| Flobes | 71 | 3 | / |
| Floues | 71 | 2 | / |
| Flowis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Flawes | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fllies | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fellhouse | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fillies | 67 | 2,718 | / |
| Fillous | 67 | 60 | / |
| Flouest | 67 | 29 | / |
| Flogies | 67 | 17 | / |
| Flowerz | 67 | 13 | / |
| Vellois | 67 | 5 | / |
| Floesch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Floyies | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flioues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fellays | 67 | 1 | / |
| Filloez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fellais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Felliez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Floveus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fillees | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fellouz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Velleis | 67 | 0 | / |
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