Fen is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fen
No. of characters: 3
Origin: England
Meaning:

Fen is a form of the Venn. Ven-Ottery is a parish in Devonshire.

Lastname is a variant of Fenn. Dweller at the marsh, or fen.

A variant form of Fenne. Dweller at the marsh, or fen.

The is the variation of Fanny. Probably local—the nurse name for Frances being of too recent a date.

A syllable of frequent occurrence in local surnames as Fenwick, Fenton, Fensham, Swynfen, Fenrother, Fenning.

Surname is a variation of Fenn. Anglo-Saxon fenn, a marsh or bog. From residence near one. In old documents, the forms are Atte Fenne, Del Fen, De Fen, De Fenne, etc., sometimes modified to Fenner.

How popular is Fen?

There are about 123 people in US who wears Fen as surname and ranked 136449 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0.4 per million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
White 44.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
32.52
Black 13.82
Others 5.69

Immigrants to US

From Germany

31 years old mason August Fen and 29 years old none Margr. Fen who were residing in Germany migrated to USA on August 18, 1875 by Cimbria put out from Hamburg & Havre.

Fen Namesakes

  • Vitaly Fen, Uzbekistani diplomat
  • Yao Fen, Chinese former international level women's badminton player

Fen Namesakes

  • Vitaly Fen, Uzbekistani diplomat
  • Yao Fen, Chinese former international level women's badminton player

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