Flettner Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Flettner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flettner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1051:766,71957,066
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Flettner Last Name Facts

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

Flettner is found most frequently in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flettner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Flettner is the 1,589,322nd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Flettner live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 766,719. In Germany Flettner is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 51 percent are found, Bavaria, where 15 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 11 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Flettner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Flettner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Flettner last name expanded 160 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Flettner Last Name Statistics demography

Flettner earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Flettner
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