Fennema Surname

161,311th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Fennema Surname User-submission:

The Fennema surname is a contraction of the Friesain word, fenne, which means 'meadow' and ma, which means 'lives near'. This surname means 'lives near meadow'. Nowadays a lot of the Dutch Fennemas live in South-Holland. After the Second World War a lot of Dutch Fennemas moved to New Zealand.

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Fennema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,5331:11,0161,524
United States8271:438,28237,694
Canada2631:140,09714,419
Argentina521:821,98954,134
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
England31:18,572,686338,250
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Fennema Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Fennema surname is a contraction of the Friesain word, fenne, which means 'meadow' and ma, which means 'lives near'. This surname means 'lives near meadow'. Nowadays a lot of the Dutch Fennemas live in South-Holland. After the Second World War a lot of Dutch Fennemas moved to New Zealand. Some of those moved back to the Netherlands.

- joris

Fennema has two parts: "Fenne" and "ma". Fenne was in the ancient north of the Netherlands a word for "Meadow", adding "ma" to it means something like living there. So the ancestor lived close to a meadow.

- leovlist

Fennema Last Name Facts

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

Fennema is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fennema.

How Common Is The Last Name Fennema? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fennema is the 161,311th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,699,091 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Fennema reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,533 people, or 1 in 11,016. In The Netherlands Fennema is primarily concentrated in: Friesland, where 34 percent are found, South Holland, where 13 percent are found and North Holland, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands it occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Fennema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fennema has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Fennema surname rose 5,907 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fennema Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fennema last name are 32.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 79.29% registered with the political party.

The amount Fennema earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 13.51% more than the national average, earning $48,979 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.72% more than the national average, earning $55,007 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vennema86245/
Finnema86141/
Fennama861/
Veennema8016/
Vennama718/
Vennemi715/
Vennemo714/
Finnima711/
Vennamma676/
Vnema673/
Fnama671/
Vennamo5715/
Finnimi571/
Finnamou538/
Vinnamma531/
Finnimit531/

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