Fetham Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
South Africa

Fetham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fetham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Fetham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fetham is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fetham.

How Common Is The Last Name Fetham? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Fetham is predominantly found in Africa, where 45 percent of Fetham live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England Fetham is primarily concentrated in: South Yorkshire, where 100 percent reside. Excluding England this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 45 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.

Fetham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fetham has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Fetham last name declined 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feetham92852/
Featham9265/
Feitham921/
Fetam9125/
Feistham861/
Fatham8341/
Vetham8321/
Feetam8321/
Fethan8320/
Fetame8310/
Fettam835/
Feytam831/
Fietam830/
Feisthamd800/
Fethane77479/
Faitham775/
Fethoum775/
Fohtham771/
Feethan771/
Feithan771/
Fettame771/
Fetahan771/
Fettaim771/
Fethean770/
Fatam73843/
Vetam73339/
Fetan7385/
Fitam736/
Fetom736/
Fotam735/
Fhethane711/
Pheatham711/
Phetheam710/
Vatham67892/
Fetane67308/
Feitan67160/
Fetean67110/
Fithan6779/
Fetome6777/
Vettam6764/
Vhetam6748/
Vitham6744/
Fettan6743/
Feïtan6737/
Feetan6735/
Fethon6731/
Fetang6725/
Fathom6719/
Fattam6716/
Fetoum6716/
Vethan6713/
Festan6712/
Feetom6710/
Fataim674/
Fitame674/
Fatamh674/
Faitam673/
Fhatam672/
Faatam672/
Fetand672/
Fietan672/
Votham671/
Feytan671/
Fetanh671/
Featan671/
Phetam671/

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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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  • 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 Fetham
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