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The FENN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,689 6649 0.002 17
United States (1880 census) 1,641 3539 0.003 33
Change since 1880 +3048 -3110 -0.001 -16
Other Countries
Australia 476 3355 0.003 29
United Kingdom 3,474 1804 0.008 76
Top States for FENN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 423 6317 0.001 12
Connecticut 290 1429 0.009 85
Florida 290 6490 0.002 18
Texas 279 6643 0.001 13
Utah 235 1245 0.011 105
Top States for FENN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Utah 235 1245 0.011 105
Connecticut 290 1429 0.009 85
Vermont 32 2977 0.005 53
Wyoming 24 2539 0.005 49
Alabama 203 2897 0.005 46

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FENN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FENN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FENN in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FENN by picking someone at random in Utah than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FENN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the FENN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the FENN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of FENN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 434 9.26
White (Hispanic) 67 1.43
Mixed Race 61 1.3
Asian/Pacific 55 1.17
Native American/Alaskan 17 0.36
White (Caucasian) 4,055 86.48

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FENN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of FENN in historical publications

FENN. A-Sax. feim, a marsh or bog. From residence near one. In old documents the forms are Atte Fenne, Del Fen, De Fen, De Fenne, &c., sometimes modified to Fenner,

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to FENN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FENN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

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Potential typos for FENN

The following words are slight variants of FENN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.