Fellows Surname
Approximately 22,680 people bear this surname
Fellows 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 SurnameFellows Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,570 | 1:34,291 | 4,275 |
| England | 8,734 | 1:6,379 | 918 |
| Australia | 1,311 | 1:20,592 | 2,855 |
| Canada | 748 | 1:49,259 | 5,984 |
| Wales | 403 | 1:7,679 | 852 |
| New Zealand | 177 | 1:25,584 | 4,487 |
| Scotland | 155 | 1:34,541 | 3,395 |
| Brazil | 101 | 1:2,119,548 | 66,584 |
| South Africa | 94 | 1:576,359 | 44,560 |
| Zambia | 53 | 1:299,055 | 16,868 |
| Northern Ireland | 45 | 1:41,001 | 3,772 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Israel | 28 | 1:305,630 | 26,425 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Jamaica | 12 | 1:239,162 | 6,359 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,008 | 1:6,082 | 934 |
| Wales | 37 | 1:42,390 | 2,234 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:187,161 | 7,190 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,729 | 1:13,467 | 1,731 |
Fellows (43) may also be a first name.
Fellows 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.
Fellows Demographics
Average Fellows Salary in
United States
$44,576 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fellows Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fellows Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fellows is found most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fellows? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 23,865th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 321,320 people. The last name Fellows occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Fellows live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 43 people.
The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 10,570 people, or 1 in 34,291. In The United States Fellows is most frequent in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in England, where 39 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Fellows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fellows has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fellows surname rose 283 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 218 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,089 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 775 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Fellows Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (86%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Fellows surname are 14.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Fellows earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.7% less than the national average, earning 212,135 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 48.52% more than the national average, earning R 352,932 per year; in United States they earn 3.31% more than the national average, earning $44,576 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.08% more than the national average, earning $58,668 CAD per year.
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