Fems Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Fems Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fems Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
United States91:40,273,215872,126
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Fems (13) may also be a first name.

Fems Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fems (Hindi: फेमस, Russian: Фэмс) is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fems? popularity and diffusion

Fems is the 3,100,440th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Fems live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 13 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Fems is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 72 percent reside and Lagos, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.

Fems Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fems has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 113 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fems Last Name Statistics demography

Fems earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 64.64% more than the national average, earning $71,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fiems89317/
Faems89112/
Feems8941/
Vfems891/
Feams890/
Fens75986/
Fims75155/
Fams7589/
Foms753/
Vems753/
Fyms751/
Femz751/
Fenst6762/
Fiens6734/
Foens6731/
Fense6714/
Fimms677/
Fehns673/
Feens672/
Femch671/
Faemz671/
Fenns671/
Faens670/
Fensz670/
Fensh670/
Famms670/
Fenss670/
Fuens670/

Fems Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fems in the Hindi language
फेमसphemasa-
Fems in the Russian language
Фэмсfems-

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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 Fems
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