Fänger Surname
Approximately 697 people bear this surname
Fänger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 682 | 1:118,043 | 14,494 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
Fänger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fänger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fänger is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fänger? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 478,963rd most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 10,455,590 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Fänger live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 682 people, or 1 in 118,043. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 42 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 29 percent reside and Berlin, where 13 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Fänger
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