Firew Surname

21,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,838 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Firew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Firew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia24,7911:3,935642
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England61:9,286,343223,652
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Firew (18,080) may also be a first name.

Firew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Firew is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Firew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 21,891st most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 293,403 people. The last name Firew occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Firew live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Firew is also the 40,697th most prevalent forename internationally It is held by 18,080 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 24,791 people, or 1 in 3,935. Aside from Ethiopia this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Firew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Firew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Firew surname expanded 325 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Firew Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Firew last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Firew earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.88% more than the national average, earning $44,825 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Firiew914/
Fireaw911/
Fireew911/
Ferew804,669/
Firev808/
Feriew731,611/
Firiev7315/
Fireva739/
Fireev735/
Ferewe734/
Ferrew731/
Firgev731/
Fioriw731/
Fairuyw671/

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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 Firew
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