Fiedler Surname

8,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69,915 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fiedler Surname Definition:

(English, German) One who played a fiddle or stringed instrument.

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Fiedler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany49,7581:1,618134
United States10,5601:34,3244,281
Austria2,0901:4,074423
Brazil1,6961:126,2234,796
Poland1,2441:30,5544,665
Czechia1,0771:9,8731,313
Australia8391:32,1764,268
Hungary3851:25,4972,829
Canada3631:101,50311,010
France3191:208,22232,359
Chile2301:76,5933,076
Switzerland1961:41,9035,876
Argentina1851:231,04518,899
Denmark1311:43,0894,489
Sweden1031:95,6006,949
England881:633,16037,224
Netherlands691:244,74231,623
Spain631:742,09631,639
Slovakia621:86,07216,607
Paraguay421:172,3033,394
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Croatia381:111,27917,038
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Thailand341:2,077,598243,257
Norway281:183,65321,594
Luxembourg281:20,7344,637
Peru221:1,444,73322,095
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Italy141:4,368,335106,343
Estonia121:110,15019,471
China101:136,732,1577,199
Panama81:489,0328,962
Nicaragua81:752,6364,372
Wales81:386,81619,671
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Jamaica51:573,98910,196
Malta41:107,5681,849
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8531:58,8736,516

Fiedler (50) may also be a first name.

Fiedler Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English, German) One who played a fiddle or stringed instrument.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname was given to a person who played the fiddle - a fiddler, from the German, fiedler = 'fiddler'.

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Fiedler Last Name Facts

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

Fiedler (Arabic: فيدلر) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fiedler? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fiedler is the 8,137th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 104,234 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Fiedler are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 50 people.

This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 49,758 people, or 1 in 1,618. In Germany it is primarily found in: Saxony, where 15 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside and Bavaria, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Germany Fiedler exists in 76 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Austria, where 3 percent reside.

Fiedler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fiedler has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Fiedler last name increased 1,238 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fiedler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Fiedler are 12.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.6% being registered with the party.

The amount Fiedler earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 95.1% more than the national average, earning 675,208 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1014.1% more than the national average, earning S/. 215,968 per year; in South Africa they earn 75.52% more than the national average, earning R 417,096 per year; in United States they earn 7.28% more than the national average, earning $46,289 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.14% more than the national average, earning $52,235 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fiedleer934/
Fieddler933/
Fiedller930/
Fidler9217,923/
Fedler921,019/
Fiedle927/
Fiedlr920/
Fiddler864,558/
Feidler86433/
Viedler86313/
Feedler8614/
Feadler8610/
Feddler867/
Faedler862/
Fidlere862/
Foedler861/
Fiedley861/
Fitdler861/
Fiedles861/
Fehdler861/
Fiedlee861/
Fidlier860/
Fidleer860/
Fiedlerová821,149/
Fiedlerova8218/
Feideler802/
Fiddlere801/
Fiddlier800/
Feiddler800/
Fideller800/
Vidler774,707/
Vedler77229/
Fydler7781/
Fiedly7711/
Fädler775/
Fudler772/
Fiedla772/
Fídler771/
Füdler771/
Fidlerová75682/
Fidlerova7510/
Fedellere751/
Veedler71100/
Viddler7116/
Veddler7114/
Fiedlis713/
Feadelr710/
Vidlear710/
Pfaudler6769/
Viedelle670/
Vidiller670/

Fiedler Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fiedler in the Arabic language
فيدلرfydlr-

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