Fäs Surname

959,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Fäs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fäs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland2691:30,5314,571
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fäs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fäs is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fäs.

How Common Is The Last Name Fäs? popularity and diffusion

Fäs is the 959,117th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. Fäs is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Fäs reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is held by 269 people, or 1 in 30,531. In Switzerland it is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Aargau, where 56 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 13 percent are found and Canton of Glarus, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 0 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fäst8621/
Fähse75106/
Fästh7513/
Fäsch754/
Fäths751/
Fes673,902/
Fäh671,776/
Fis671,560/
Fès67310/
Fys6782/
Fäsche6746/
Fés6710/
Fjs6710/
Fätsch673/
Fís672/
Fät671/

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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 Fäs
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