Fitz-Walter Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Fitz-Walter Surname Definition:

A Norman name: From the Domesday Book, Walter.

Fitz-Walter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia271:999,84158,390
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fitz-Walter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Norman name: From the Domesday Book, Walter.

— British Family Names (1894) by Henry Barber
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Fitz-Walter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fitz-Walter Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fitz-Walter is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Fitz-Walter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fitz-Walter? popularity and diffusion

Fitz-Walter is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. Fitz-Walter occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Fitz-Walter are found; 90 percent are found in Australasia and 90 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Fitz-Walter is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 999,841. In Australia Fitz-Walter is primarily found in: Queensland, where 74 percent live and Victoria, where 26 percent live. Other than Australia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
FitzWalter95138/
Fitzwolter864/
Fitswalter860/
Feitoza Eleuterio641/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fitz-Walter
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