Fernant Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Fernant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fernant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Fernant (1,893) may also be a first name.

Fernant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fernant (Arabic: فرنانت) has its highest incidence in France. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Fernant click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fernant? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fernant is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Fernant live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 33 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Fernant is also the 174,720th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 1,893 people.

The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France Fernant is primarily found in: Brittany, where 33 percent reside, Hauts-de-France, where 33 percent reside and Réunion, where 33 percent reside. Not including France this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 17 percent reside and England, where 17 percent reside.

Fernant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fernant has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fernant Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fernant in the Arabic language
فرنانتfrnant-

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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 Fernant
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