Fernig Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Fernig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Fernig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fernig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fernig is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fernig? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Fernig are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 411,882. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 49 percent reside, South Holland, where 20 percent reside and North Brabant, where 12 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernig | 83 | 118 | / |
| Fernik | 83 | 62 | / |
| Farnig | 83 | 13 | / |
| Firnig | 83 | 5 | / |
| Fernic | 83 | 4 | / |
| Frenig | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fornig | 83 | 0 | / |
| Fernuik | 77 | 43 | / |
| Fernick | 77 | 31 | / |
| Fiernik | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ferniec | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ferniok | 77 | 1 | / |
| Firnigs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Fernique | 71 | 159 | / |
| Feremnik | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vernik | 67 | 1,766 | / |
| Virnig | 67 | 972 | / |
| Farnik | 67 | 403 | / |
| Fernex | 67 | 142 | / |
| Farneg | 67 | 11 | / |
| Fernyc | 67 | 10 | / |
| Firnix | 67 | 9 | / |
| Frenik | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fernek | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fornik | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fernec | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fernikova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vornig | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Fernig
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