Find out how popular the last name Ferneding is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ferneding.

Ferneding, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ferneding surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ferneding in America

Ferneding is the 91221st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ferneding surname appeared 202 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ferneding.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ferneding to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ferneding

The surname FERNEDING is of German origin and can be traced back to the 14th century. It is believed to have originated in the region of Bavaria, where it was likely derived from a combination of the German words "fern" meaning "distant" and "ding" meaning "thing" or "place."

This suggests that the name may have initially referred to a person who lived in a remote or distant location. Alternatively, it could have been a topographic name, referring to a specific place with a similar-sounding name.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname FERNEDING can be found in the Bavarian town records of Ingolstadt, dated around 1380, where a certain Hans Ferneding is mentioned as a local landowner.

Another notable mention of the name comes from the 15th century, when a Johann Ferneding is listed as a member of the prestigious Augsburg merchant guild, indicating that the family had achieved a certain level of wealth and social standing by that time.

In the 16th century, the name appears in various church records and tax registers in the region of Franconia, suggesting that the family had spread to other parts of Bavaria and beyond.

One notable bearer of the name was Hans Ferneding, a master stonemason who lived in the city of Nuremberg in the late 16th century and was responsible for the construction of several prominent buildings in the city.

Another historically significant figure was Georg Ferneding, a Lutheran theologian and philosopher who was born in Regensburg in 1588 and became a professor at the University of Altdorf.

In the 17th century, a branch of the Ferneding family migrated to the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany, where they are recorded as landowners and vintners in the village of Deidesheim.

One notable member of this branch was Johann Jakob Ferneding, born in 1675, who served as the mayor of Deidesheim for several years in the early 18th century.

By the 19th century, the name had spread further across Germany and into neighboring countries, with notable bearers including the Austrian painter Franz Ferneding (1808-1888) and the German author and poet Karl Ferneding (1859-1932).

Overall, the surname FERNEDING has a long and storied history, with many notable bearers across various professions and regions over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ferneding

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ferneding.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ferneding was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ferneding has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ferneding was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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