Few Surname
Approximately 4,748 people bear this surname
Few Surname Definition:
1 for the French (Du) Feu.
2 prob. also a contraction of Fewter (q.v.), or Fewster (q.v.)
Few Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,841 | 1:127,581 | 13,506 |
| England | 1,207 | 1:46,162 | 5,809 |
| South Africa | 236 | 1:229,567 | 23,799 |
| Canada | 130 | 1:283,428 | 26,469 |
| Australia | 108 | 1:249,960 | 23,064 |
| Northern Ireland | 37 | 1:49,866 | 4,222 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:93,774 | 7,567 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Ireland | 10 | 1:470,894 | 15,820 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 692 | 1:35,225 | 4,605 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 572 | 1:87,795 | 9,105 |
Few (94) may also be a first name.
Few Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
1 for the French (Du) Feu.
2 prob. also a contraction of Fewter (q.v.), or Fewster (q.v.)
Under the feudal system a feu was a dependency, or something held by tenure. The holder was sometimes called a feuar.
For Viel, the terminal letter softened to u. Agnes, Milo, Robert, John Viel or Vyel of England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum); Richard and William V., 1189 (Rot. Pip.); Rad. Vitulus or Vetulus, 1158 (RP); Robert Viel occurs in Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).
Few Demographics
Average Male Few Height
177.79 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Few Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Few Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Few (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮ) is found most in The United States. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Few? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 99,646th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,534,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Few live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 980,251st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 94 people.
The last name Few is most common in The United States, where it is held by 2,841 people, or 1 in 127,581. In The United States it is most numerous in: Georgia, where 14 percent are found, Texas, where 12 percent are found and South Carolina, where 9 percent are found. Beside The United States Few exists in 51 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
Few Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Few has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Few surname rose 497 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 174 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 3,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Few Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Few are 15.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Few earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.57% more than the national average, earning R 350,688 per year; in United States they earn 6.83% less than the national average, earning $40,202 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.96% more than the national average, earning $59,600 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Few Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Few in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮ | fw | - |
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Few Reference & Research
Few One-name Study - A profile of the Few surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.
Few DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Few FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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