Feyer Surname

366,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 984 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Feyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Feyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4511:178,50420,909
Switzerland1661:49,4756,588
United States1101:3,295,081188,193
France831:800,27496,515
Romania411:489,70437,604
Austria291:293,63633,260
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
England51:11,143,612252,590
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

The alternate forms: Feyér (43) are calculated separately.

Feyer (13) may also be a first name.

Feyer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Feyer (Russian: Фейер) is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Feyér. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Feyer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 366,307th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,406,043 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Feyer are found; 74 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Feyer is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.

Feyer is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 178,504. In Germany Feyer is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 24 percent live, Brandenburg, where 13 percent live and Berlin, where 12 percent live. Outside of Germany it occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Feyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Feyer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 611 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Feyer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Feyer surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Feyer surname are 12.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.82% registered with the party.

The amount Feyer earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 7.64% less than the national average, earning $39,851 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.43% more than the national average, earning $61,324 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feyér9343/
Feyier911/
Fieyer910/
Feer892,537/
Fyer8946/
Feyr8922/
Feier804,667/
Feuer803,125/
Fejer802,430/
Fayer801,147/
Foyer801,042/
Veyer80530/
Fehyr80207/
Feyre8033/
Feyor8016/
Feiyr8016/
Pfyer803/
Fuyer803/
Fheer802/
Fiyer801/
Feyur801/
Fyerh801/
Fieyr800/
Feyerová772/
Fouyer73222/
Fajeer7321/
Foyere7319/
Feiert7315/
Feiher7310/
Pfeier736/
Fayerd735/
Fegger733/
Fayere731/
Feiier731/
Fayerr731/
Pheyer731/
Feuher731/
Fhayer731/
Fayert731/
Fayher731/
Veyier731/
Fejere731/
Fohyer731/
Fei'er731/
Feieer731/
Foyert730/
Fahyer730/
Fear676,345/
Fier671,521/
Faer67922/
Feir67461/
Foer67190/
Fuer67145/
Fejr67137/
Feur6794/
Fayr6720/
Veyr679/
Foyr672/
Fiehier670/

Feyer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Feyer in the Russian language
Фейерfejer-

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Feyer Reference & Research

Fejer-Feher 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

  • 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
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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 Feyer
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