Fleet Surname
Approximately 9,535 people bear this surname
Fleet Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the fleet,' or 'of Fleet,' parishes in the Dioceses Lincoln, Salisbury, and Winchester; from 'fleet,' a creek, a bay. Hence Fleet Street. by the old Fleet Ditch; compare Herringfleet, Fleetwood, Northfleet, &c.
Read More About This SurnameFleet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,440 | 1:105,366 | 11,571 |
| England | 3,222 | 1:17,293 | 2,493 |
| Canada | 1,407 | 1:26,187 | 3,511 |
| Australia | 578 | 1:46,705 | 5,845 |
| New Zealand | 337 | 1:13,437 | 2,325 |
| Wales | 172 | 1:17,991 | 1,951 |
| South Africa | 54 | 1:1,003,291 | 61,925 |
| Scotland | 35 | 1:152,966 | 9,000 |
| Northern Ireland | 27 | 1:68,335 | 4,994 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Chile | 20 | 1:880,824 | 18,509 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,953 | 1:12,481 | 1,885 |
| Wales | 42 | 1:37,343 | 2,016 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 732 | 1:68,605 | 7,446 |
Fleet (336) may also be a first name.
Fleet Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the fleet,' or 'of Fleet,' parishes in the Dioceses Lincoln, Salisbury, and Winchester; from 'fleet,' a creek, a bay. Hence Fleet Street. by the old Fleet Ditch; compare Herringfleet, Fleetwood, Northfleet, &c.; v. Promptorium Parvulorum, and Way's note thereon, who quotes Fladbury, formerly Fleotbury, and Twining Fleet on the Avon, among other place names.
John de Flete, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard de Flet, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Laurence de Flete, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Fulco de Flete, rector of West Lynn, Norfolk, 1349: History of Norfolk.
1579-80, Married — Thomas Fleete and Elsabeth Emerton: St. Dionis Backchurch.
1580. Edward Clerke and Bridget Fleet: Marriage Lic. (London).
(English) belonging to Fleet, or Dweller at a Creek [Old English fleót] (English or A.-Scand.) Swift [O.N, fliót-r; cp. Old Englishfleótig, swift] [FLEETWOOD] (English) belonging to Fleetwood = the Creek-Wood [Old English fleót + wudu] Henry de Fletewode, A.D. 1433-4.—Lanc. Fines.
Anglo-Saxon fleot. A harbour for vessels, an arm of the sea, a haven; hence Northfleet, Southfleet, and the Fleet, a tributary of the Thames, which gave name to Fleet Street. The celebrated jurist, Fleta, is said to have adopted that name, about temp. Edw. II., from his having been a prisoner in the Fleet at the time when he wrote his treatise on the common law. Fuller's Wor. ii. 366. There are parishes in cos. Dorset and Lincoln so called.
(English), Stream, River, or Brook; also Swift.
A location name in Lincolnshire Or from the Dutch, Vliet; a personal name.
Fleet: (Old Norse fljot), a tidal estuary. The Norse, and the A.S. fliot, signify alike a place where ships can float. Swinefleet, near Goole, and Adlingfleet, a few miles lower down at the old mouth of the Don, are inlets which sheltered the ships of Sweyn and Edgar Etheling when their host marched inland and took York. Fleetwood is a surname; Amphlet is “atten Fleet.”
Fleet Demographics
Fleet Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Fleet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fleet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fleet (Arabic: فليت) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fleet? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 53,537th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 764,294 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Fleet reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Fleet is also the 477,199th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 336 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 3,440 people, or 1 in 105,366. In The United States it is most frequent in: Maryland, where 13 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States Fleet exists in 65 countries. It is also common in England, where 34 percent live and Canada, where 15 percent live.
Fleet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fleet has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fleet last name increased 470 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 410 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 389 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 123 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Fleet Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (54%) in Ireland.
In The United States Fleet are 5.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.17% registered with the party.
The amount Fleet earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 25.01% less than the national average, earning R 178,200 per year; in United States they earn 5% more than the national average, earning $45,308 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.31% less than the national average, earning $47,047 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fleet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fleet in the Arabic language | ||
| فليت | flyt | - |
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Fleet Reference & Research
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