Fliegen Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fliegen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fliegen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2181:369,29135,132
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Fliegen Last Name Facts

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

Fliegen is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fliegen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fliegen is the 1,044,719th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Fliegen reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 369,291. In Germany Fliegen is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 89 percent are found, Berlin, where 5 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 3 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fliesgen9322/
Pfliegen931/
Flegen926/
Vliegen862,212/
Fliesen86123/
Flisgen8613/
Fleguen861/
Pflegen860/
Fliegne860/
Fleegen860/
Flign832/
Flueggen805/
Pflegeng801/
Flügen7740/
Fligin7717/
Flegin776/
Flugen773/
Flegne771/
Vligen771/
Faelligen754/
Flüggen71170/
Vleegen713/
Fluggen711/
Flygenn711/
Pflugen711/
Pflegin710/
Pfleging67328/
Flaughen671/
Flygin629/
Flygén621/
Flugin621/
Phlegn621/
Vlugen620/
Flygind5766/
Flyugin572/
Phligin570/
Flaughn570/
Pfläging53112/
Filligim534/
Flenngin531/
Phleging531/
Fleaging530/
Philligin5028/

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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 Fliegen
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