Felten Surname

66,698th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Felten Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Felton (homestead in open country), the name of several places in England.

Felten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,7851:28,9073,802
United States1,7161:211,22320,644
France1,1911:55,7717,406
Brazil5761:371,65714,195
Luxembourg3771:1,540161
Belgium3211:35,8155,837
Netherlands2341:72,16712,266
Argentina921:464,60234,717
Austria451:189,23224,045
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
England81:6,964,757184,742
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Norway81:642,78647,258
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
China21:683,660,78330,601
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3081:163,04814,833

Felten (15) may also be a first name.

Felten Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Felton (homestead in open country), the name of several places in England.

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

Felten Last Name Facts

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

Felten (Russian: Фельтен) is found most in Germany. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Felten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Felten is the 66,698th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 975,314 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Felten live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 15 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 2,785 people, or 1 in 28,907. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 42 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 16 percent live and Saarland, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Felten exists in 37 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and France, where 16 percent live.

Felten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Felten has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 557 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Felten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Felten surname are 21.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.15% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Felten earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 31.93% less than the national average, earning 235,562 kr per year; in United States they earn 11.31% more than the national average, earning $48,029 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.49% more than the national average, earning $50,422 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feldten92100/
Faelten9225/
Feltten928/
Fellten920/
Feltien920/
Feltn911/
Velten837,640/
Flåten83529/
Feltin83444/
Fleten83231/
Feltyn8373/
Flæten8315/
Feltem835/
Fälten834/
Filten834/
Fltn801/
Veltien77118/
Flåtten77113/
Fløtten77102/
Veldten7725/
Feltyna7722/
Felting7721/
Flåthen7718/
Fieltyn778/
Feltina775/
Flethen774/
Feltion773/
Fletten772/
Felttem771/
Veltn7314/
Velthoen71256/
Flåtteng7114/
Veltin67265/
Fältén6746/
Flåtin6740/
Vilten6724/
Fältin677/
Feltim673/
Filtin672/
Vellthoen671/
Filtem670/

Felten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Felten in the Russian language
Фельтенfelten-

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