Fyffe Surname

84,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Fyffe Surname Definition:

= Fife, q.v.

Fyffe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0951:117,11112,618
Jamaica7811:3,675527
England4971:112,10911,549
Scotland4931:10,8601,487
Australia3921:68,8678,182
Canada2181:169,01616,995
Northern Ireland1141:16,1852,152
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Guyana291:26,2832,983
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Wales151:206,30213,003
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Panama71:558,8949,437
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
France21:33,211,361423,184
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1591:27,8612,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland5251:7,1301,010
England641:380,86523,394
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2051:244,96920,381

Fyffe (14) may also be a first name.

Fyffe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Fife, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) One who came from Fife or Fifeshire (named after Fib, one of the sons of Cruithne, legendary father of the Picts).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Local: from the district of Fife.

The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

From Fife, a county in Scotland.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Fyffe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fyffe occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fyffe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 84,210th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,269,607 people. The last name Fyffe is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Fyffe reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Fyffe is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.

The surname Fyffe is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 3,095 people, or 1 in 117,111. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 24 percent reside, Kentucky, where 11 percent reside and Texas, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States Fyffe exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 14 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Fyffe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fyffe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Fyffe last name expanded 1,510 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 777 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 6 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Fyffe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Fyffe last name is predominantly Presbyterian (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Fyffe last name are 14.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.39% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fyffe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.13% more than the national average, earning R 458,940 per year; in United States they earn 9.56% less than the national average, earning $39,023 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.46% more than the national average, earning $55,376 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Fife6712,094/
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Fyfh672/
Fyfs672/
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Ffyf672/
Feyf671/
Fyhf671/
Fyfz671/
Fyft671/
Fywf671/
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Vyfe671/
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