Femke Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Femke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Femke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Femke (26,219) may also be a first name.

Femke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Femke is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Femke click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Femke? popularity and diffusion

Femke is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Femke reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 30,864th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 26,219 people.

The last name is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 3,832,215. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 22 percent reside and Brazil, where 11 percent reside.

Femke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Femke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Femke last name fell 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Femkeu913/
Femker911/
Femk890/
Vemke803/
Femki801/
Femck801/
Fimke800/
Famkey735/
Vehmke732/
Fimkey730/
Femc67104/
Femg675/
Fimk672/
Phiemkey621/
Fimka6015/
Famki604/
Fijmk601/
Vimke601/
Fimck600/
Phimke55290/
Fimkova5040/
Faheemc502/
Phimket501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Femke
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