Ferestean Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Ferestean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 182 | 1:110,318 | 12,370 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Fereștean (91) & Fereştean (1) are calculated separately.
Ferestean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferestean Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ferestean is found most frequently in Romania. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Fereștean or Fereştean. For other possible spellings of Ferestean click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferestean? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,227,038th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ferestean live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Ferestean is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 110,318. In Romania it is most frequent in: Maramureș County, where 71 percent live and Arad County, where 29 percent live. Not including Romania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 3 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fereștean | 96 | 91 | / |
| Fereştean | 96 | 1 | / |
| Ferestien | 89 | 34 | / |
| Ferestant | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ferestein | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ferestian | 89 | 1 | / |
| Feurestein | 84 | 10 | / |
| Fereshtian | 84 | 7 | / |
| Feresztajn | 84 | 2 | / |
| Forestan | 82 | 689 | / |
| Firestan | 82 | 19 | / |
| Fereusztajn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ferejsztajn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Firestein | 78 | 359 | / |
| Firestien | 78 | 48 | / |
| Fereztian | 78 | 6 | / |
| Forostean | 78 | 2 | / |
| Forestein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ferestine | 78 | 0 | / |
| Firesteen | 78 | 0 | / |
| Fereshtanova | 76 | 12 | / |
| Fireshtein | 74 | 4 | / |
| Forrestein | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ferristeen | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ferrestine | 74 | 0 | / |
| Fereshtyanova | 73 | 5 | / |
| Fyrestam | 71 | 7 | / |
| Faristan | 71 | 6 | / |
| Farastan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Feriotan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Färestam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Firestine | 67 | 856 | / |
| Verastein | 67 | 39 | / |
| Veristain | 67 | 34 | / |
| Verestoun | 67 | 9 | / |
| Verastain | 67 | 2 | / |
| Veristein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ferishtanova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veritan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Viristan | 59 | 1 | / |
| Varastan | 59 | 1 | / |
| Firetine | 59 | 1 | / |
| Viristain | 56 | 11 | / |
| Veriztain | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Ferestean
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