Fernow Surname

560,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Fernow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fernow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2981:1,216,30586,337
Germany2151:374,44435,419
Sweden201:492,33835,486
France111:6,038,429280,838
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Estonia81:165,22626,217
England21:27,859,030389,889
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:590,80839,807

Fernow Last Name Facts

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

Fernow is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fernow.

How Common Is The Last Name Fernow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 560,645th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. The surname Fernow is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Fernow live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Fernow is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 1,216,305. In The United States Fernow is most common in: Missouri, where 12 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 38 percent are found and Sweden, where 4 percent are found.

Fernow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fernow has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 351 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fernow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Fernow are 24.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.19% registered with the party.

Fernow earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.2% more than the national average, earning $48,844 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fearnow92583/
Fiernow9217/
Fernhow920/
Farnow83100/
Fornow838/
Fernov838/
Vernow831/
Fahrnow77125/
Viernow7755/
Fernhof776/
Fernova775/
Fernhov771/
Fiernov771/
Fearnaw771/
Fernoff770/
Fernhoff7168/
Vernov67653/
Fornof67420/
Farnov6728/
Vernof6713/
Farnów6711/
Frenov6711/
Fernab678/
Fornov673/
Firnov672/
Frenaw670/
Farnof670/
Farnaw670/

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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 Fernow
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