Fiddling Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Fiddling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fiddling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:2,063,63279,942
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566

Fiddling Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fiddling has its highest incidence in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fiddling? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Fiddling occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Fiddling are found; 68 percent are found in Northern Europe and 68 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England it is most numerous in: Lincolnshire, where 44 percent live, West Yorkshire, where 19 percent live and Norfolk, where 15 percent live. Other than England this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Fiddling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fiddling has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Fiddling last name expanded 123 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fidling9352/
Fiddlin932/
Fiedling8818/
Feidling880/
Fidlin86160/
Feddlin801/
Fedling800/
Vidlin711/
Fidiln711/
Fedlin711/
Fidlen710/
Phidlin671/
Fiedlen670/
Vájdling631/
Vajdling631/
Vedlin57152/
Fedlen570/
Fydelyn533/
Fidlend531/

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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 Fiddling
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