Festenstein Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Festenstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Festenstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:8,840,462379,649
England221:2,532,63991,802
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Festenstein Last Name Facts

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

The last name Festenstein has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Festenstein? popularity and diffusion

The surname Festenstein is the 2,136,387th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Festenstein live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 8,840,462. In The United States Festenstein is primarily found in: Illinois, where 73 percent reside, New York, where 22 percent reside and California, where 2 percent reside. Besides The United States Festenstein exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 18 percent reside.

Festenstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Festenstein has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Festenstein surname rose 244 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Festenstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Festenstein surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the party.

Festenstein earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Festenstine9111/
Festemstein915/
Fastenstein914/
Festenshteyn874/
Vetenshtein828/
Vitenstein761/
Vytenshtein734/
Vitenshtein732/
Vitenshteyn644/
Vitinshtein642/

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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 Festenstein
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