Flickner Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

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

Flickner Surname User-submission:

Flickner is a spelling variant of Fleckner, which means 'fletcher' in German. A Fletcher is one who crafts arrows.

Flickner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5061:716,32256,419
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1381:363,90427,584

Flickner Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Flickner is a spelling variant of Fleckner, which means 'fletcher' in German. A Fletcher is one who crafts arrows.

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Flickner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Flickner is found most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Flickner? popularity and diffusion

Flickner is the 605,571st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. Flickner occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Flickner are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Flickner is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 506 people, or 1 in 716,322. In The United States it is most frequent in: Kansas, where 13 percent live, Indiana, where 13 percent live and California, where 12 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Flickner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Flickner has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 367 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Flickner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Flickner last name are 27.93% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.7% being registered with the party.

Flickner earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $42,737 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flicknger943/
Flikner930/
Fleckner88825/
Fleiscner822/
Flekner809/
Flukner801/
Felleckner781/
Flekhner758/
Flescner751/
Flecknerová742/

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Flickner Reference & Research

Flickinger FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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