Few Surname

99,646th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,748 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8411:127,58113,506
England1,2071:46,1625,809
South Africa2361:229,56723,799
Canada1301:283,42826,469
Australia1081:249,96023,064
Northern Ireland371:49,8664,222
Wales331:93,7747,567
India221:34,866,608408,224
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Pakistan161:11,165,24351,703
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Ireland101:470,89415,820
France61:11,070,454349,096
China51:273,464,31313,838
Mauritania51:818,97323,459
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6921:35,2254,605
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5721:87,7959,105

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.)

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Under the feudal system a feu was a dependency, or something held by tenure. The holder was sometimes called a feuar.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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).

The Norman People (1874)

Few Last Name Facts

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

The surname Few (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮ) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Few click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Few? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 99,646th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,534,866 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Few reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 980,251st most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 94 people.

The surname Few is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 2,841 people, or 1 in 127,581. In The United States Few is most frequent in: Georgia, where 14 percent are found, Texas, where 12 percent are found and South Carolina, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States it occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs 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 last name 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 those bearing the Few last name are 15.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.67% registered to vote for 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fiew8644/
Fewe8612/
Feuw868/
Feew863/
Fgew861/
Wfew861/
Feiw861/
Feawe754/
Fewff752/
Feiwe751/
Wfewf751/
Fheaw751/
Feesw751/
Feawz751/
Feb67114/
Vew6764/
Fev6716/
Fyw676/
Fiw675/
Fjw672/
Fef671/

Few Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Few in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﻮfw-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Few
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