Fernschild Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fernschild Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fernschild Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1471:547,65645,370
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

Fernschild Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fernschild is most common in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fernschild? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,369,340th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Fernschild are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 547,656. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent live, Thuringia, where 24 percent live and Bavaria, where 11 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent live and Hong Kong, where 1 percent live.

Fernschild Last Name Statistics demography

Fernschild earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.61% more than the national average, earning $43,411 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ferenschild9546/
Ferneschild9521/
Fehrenschild9136/
Firnschild9048/
Frannshild800/
Fernsel7130/
Frei-Hauenschild6911/
Fernsell6713/
Phernsil670/
Frienshelt600/
Verensel562/

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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
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  • 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 Fernschild
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