Fenster Surname

175,316th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Fenster Surname Definition:

(from an ancestor's occupation) Fenster means “a window” in Yiddish and German. A seller or producer of windows and doors assumed this name.

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Fenster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9091:189,86818,830
Israel1671:51,2436,728
Germany1361:591,95247,778
Canada591:624,50251,218
Austria491:173,78422,520
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Belgium141:821,18966,436
England121:4,643,172139,951
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Hungary71:1,402,32560,133
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
China21:683,660,78330,601
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:557,98538,227

Fenster (28) may also be a first name.

Fenster Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an ancestor's occupation) Fenster means “a window” in Yiddish and German. A seller or producer of windows and doors assumed this name.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Means 'window' in German.

- bobfenster

Fenster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fenster (Russian: Фенстер) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fenster? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 175,316th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,981,811 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Fenster live; 60 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 28 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,909 people, or 1 in 189,868. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 12 percent reside, Florida, where 10 percent reside and Nebraska, where 5 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 7 percent reside and Germany, where 6 percent reside.

Fenster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fenster has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,121 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fenster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Fenster are 42.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.26% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fenster earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 8.78% less than the national average, earning R 216,780 per year; in United States they earn 34.38% more than the national average, earning $57,984 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.96% more than the national average, earning $62,579 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feenster9355/
Fienster931/
Feunster930/
Fennster930/
Fenste921/
Finster863,448/
Venster8656/
Femster8652/
Fynster8615/
Pfenste860/
Fensterová821/
Feemster801,527/
Finszter80112/
Pfinster804/
Fenstead801/
Finstere801/
Fenchter800/
Finsterr800/
Finnster800/
Fensta770/
Finste770/
Finsæther7528/
Finsted7127/
Finsterová716/
Vinster715/
Feemste715/
Feensta712/
Fimster710/
Finstead6731/
Phemster676/
Finnstedt6320/
Finnstead631/
Phinnster630/
Phimster531/
Vnsti501/

Fenster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fenster in the Russian language
Фенстерfenster-

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