Fienberg Surname

858,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Fienberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fienberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2071:1,751,009115,476
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Australia331:818,05251,601
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
France51:13,284,544357,392
England41:13,929,515290,718
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Fienberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fienberg occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fienberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 858,879th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Fienberg are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 1,751,009. In The United States Fienberg is most numerous in: Massachusetts, where 13 percent reside, New York, where 13 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 13 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Fienberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fienberg has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Fienberg last name fell 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fienberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fienberg surname are 12.81% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.04% being registered with the political party.

The amount Fienberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 25.91% less than the national average, earning R 176,076 per year; in United States they earn 37.34% more than the national average, earning $59,260 USD per year and in Canada they earn 203.17% more than the national average, earning $150,622 CAD per year.

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Fienberg Reference & Research

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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 Fienberg
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