Fernando Surname

573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 946,604 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Fernando Surname Definition:

(Span. and Ital.) see Fer- dinand in Dict.

Fernando Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka583,8431:362
Angola124,4281:21740
Mozambique105,6751:25832
Philippines54,9201:1,843121
Indonesia15,2311:8,6831,122
United States6,2731:57,7816,857
Brazil6,0711:35,2621,462
Portugal5,1051:2,041296
Australia5,0671:5,328767
United Arab Emirates5,0341:1,820221
Mexico4,9271:25,1931,753
Saudi Arabia3,2601:9,4651,329
England3,0631:18,1912,604
India2,6531:289,13116,383
Bangladesh2,3431:68,0143,342
Canada2,1621:17,0422,450
Qatar2,0061:1,17584
Oman1,5321:2,407362
Russia1,3841:104,13512,746
Spain1,0671:43,8164,172
France8911:74,54910,444
Italy7071:86,50214,996
Malawi7061:24,2483,692
Namibia6591:3,656654
Bahrain6471:2,084311
Kuwait6271:6,062833
New Zealand5071:8,9321,540
Singapore4541:12,132586
Argentina3961:107,9389,124
Malaysia3671:80,3665,674
Dominican Republic3241:32,2001,866
Colombia3171:150,7074,361
Germany2561:314,47431,760
Macau2341:2,571249
Thailand2321:304,47652,504
South Africa2171:249,66725,383
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Zimbabwe1991:77,57911,409
Fiji1891:4,732899
Guatemala1851:86,9332,802
Benin1731:59,7437,383
Sweden1661:59,3184,556
Switzerland1351:60,8367,569
Peru1291:246,38910,235
Netherlands931:181,58325,939
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Denmark741:76,2807,479
Guam701:2,287297
Hong Kong701:104,7931,905
Scotland661:81,1185,959
Zambia651:243,84514,860
Trinidad and Tobago611:22,3602,520
Ireland551:85,6174,914
Norway491:104,94514,093
São Tomé and Príncipe401:4,436377
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Ecuador371:429,88810,240
Sudan361:1,041,9503,038
Belarus351:271,45931,360
China341:40,215,3402,154
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Japan311:4,124,00936,900
American Samoa281:1,991404
Greece271:410,36354,524
Guinea-Bissau251:69,12186
Venezuela241:1,258,50317,711
Austria231:370,23639,193
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Cuba221:523,7605,757
Paraguay221:328,9435,083
Uruguay191:180,61914,948
Northern Ireland181:102,5026,334
Puerto Rico181:197,2302,191
Wales181:171,91811,581
Jamaica161:179,3725,614
Nicaragua161:376,3183,295
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
Panama141:279,4476,847
Azerbaijan111:877,19313,780
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Northern Mariana Islands111:4,962486
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Finland101:549,67032,186
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Belize91:39,4972,328
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Swaziland91:144,244719
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Greenland71:8,054710
Marshall Islands71:7,4031,135
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Jordan61:1,473,74019,539
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Cambodia51:3,097,4298,690
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
Curaçao41:39,312638
Djibouti41:228,733966
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Brunei31:139,5773,009
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Transnistria21:237,35016,204
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Comoros11:749,524685
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
East Timor11:1,215,928507
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Tonga11:107,313791
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

The alternate forms: Fernándo (1) are calculated separately.

Fernando (3,569,435) may also be a first name.

Fernando Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Span. and Ital.) see Fer- dinand in Dict.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Fernando Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fernando (Arabic: فريناندو, Hindi: फ्ररनाइनडो, Marathi: फरनांडो, Oriya: େଫରନା, Russian: Фернандо) is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Fernándo. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fernando? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fernando is the 573rd most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 7,699 people. Fernando occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Fernando are found; 62 percent are found in South Asia and 62 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 115th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 3,569,435 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 583,843 people, or 1 in 36. Barring Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 169 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 13 percent live and Mozambique, where 11 percent live.

Fernando Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fernando has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fernando last name grew 11,836 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fernando Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Fernando surname is principally Orthodox (57%) in Russia, Sunni (33%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Fernando surname are 37.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90.54% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Fernando earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 63.3% less than the national average, earning €11,021 per year; in Norway they earn 23.36% less than the national average, earning 265,250 kr per year; in Peru they earn 20.27% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,455 per year; in South Africa they earn 41.77% less than the national average, earning R 138,384 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.01% more than the national average, earning $23,613,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.26% more than the national average, earning $48,870 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.77% more than the national average, earning $54,539 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fernando Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fernando in the Hindi language
फ्ररनाइनडोphrarana'inado-
Fernando in the Oriya language
େଫରନାepharana-
Fernando in the Marathi language
फरनांडोpharanando89.05
नडोnado2.86
फेरनांडोpheranando2.86
फेरनान्दोpheranando0.95
फेरनान्डोpheranando0.95
फेरनाडोpheranado0.95
फ़रनीडोfaranido0.95
बॅनाडोटbenadota0.48
Fernando in the Russian language
Фернандоfernando-
Fernando in the Arabic language
فريناندوfrynandw-
فيرناندوfyrnandw-
فرناندواfrnandwa-
فرناندوfrnandw-
فرنندوfrnndw-

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