Fenton is used as a family name or surname in Welsh and British. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fenton
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Welsh and British
Meaning: A well

How popular is Fenton?

Fenton is common in United States.

Fenton is ranked 11431 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fenton bearers increased by 5.236531 per cent in 2010 US census to 16017 since 2000, the surname slipped by 81 spots and ranked at 2274. The last name was found in around 54 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.23 90.48
Black 6.52 5.69
Hispanic or Latino 2.7 1.73
Others 1.47 1.2
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.4
Fenton is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Montserrat is ahead in terms of density. Around 46860 people have been found who wears Fenton as their family name. Fenton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
497,106 Indonesia8
82,942 Zimbabwe8
183 Anguilla7
13,220 Thailand6
8,438 China5
103,755 Czech Republic5
9,053 Senegal5
1,014,159 India4
2,550 Haiti3
32,695 Nigeria3
25,074 Greece3
2,967 Vietnam3
44,018 Poland2
26,123 Malaysia2
18,625 Japan2
34,681 Norway2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
26,532 Chile2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
20,186 Kenya2
6,353 Panama2
54,135 Philippines2
1,834 Malta2
1,879 Belize1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,190 Barbados1
123,175 Tanzania1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,493 Austria1
31,584 Peru1
24,460 Armenia1
8,181 Botswana1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
17,575 Kuwait1
14,373 Jordan1
24,771 Colombia1
25,746 Finland1
49,101 Denmark1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,721 Egypt1
11,510 Oman1
21,562 Portugal1
29,774 Venezuela1
799 British Virgin Islands1
16,228 Bulgaria1
5,553 Taiwan1
7,895 South Korea1
624 Solomon Islands1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
4,171 Rwanda1
1,254 Gibraltar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
22 Montserrat44
21,712 Sweden44
341 United States Virgin Islands42
28,564 Switzerland36
3,075 Cyprus34
9,620 Singapore30
8,720 Qatar29
595 Jersey28
57,220 Netherlands27
52,530 Belgium22
699 Isle of Man21
3,334 Costa Rica19
3,556 Nicaragua15
64,976 Belarus13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,285 Fiji97
57,005 Ukraine85
2,858 Hong Kong83
148 Antigua and Barbuda82
131,777 Russia81
57,588 Argentina75
85,668 Italy56
2,703 Trinidad and Tobago55
Countries with hundreds of Fenton:
862 Scotland958
516 Jamaica732
20,699 Germany504
870 Wales440
928 Northern Ireland346
42,934 France233
5,581 United Arab Emirates176
60,164 Brazil159
9,170 Israel118
25,817 Spain104
Countries with thousands of Fenton:
712 England9,959
740 Australia4,065
1,478 Canada3,530
4,545 Mexico1,413
4,651 South Africa1,406
598 Ireland1,245
650 New Zealand1,027
Countries with ten thousands of Fenton:
2,087 United States19,314
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman John Fenton from Great Britain aboard the Kalamazoo from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 17 years old when he arrived in USA on March 24, 1846. Thomas Fenton (36) Workman, James Fenton (25) Coachmaker, Workman William Fenton, John Fenton (20) Workman, Thomas Fenton (25) Workman, Catherine Fenton (26) Workwoman, 26 years old Michael Fenton, 24 years old Patrick Fenton, and 73 other Fenton around 57.89% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster migrated to US from Liverpool, Cork and Sligo.

Comments

S
Steph 3rd October 2022 , 4:42 PM
I don’t know how I feel about fentons, while I know a few nice ones, it takes one bad apple to ruin them all (you know who you are)
S
Steph 3rd October 2022 , 4:43 PM
I don’t know how I feel about fentons, while I know a few nice ones, it takes one bad apple to ruin them all (you know who you are)

Fenton Namesakes

    Louis Fenton, New Zealander football player
  • Ade Fenton, Musical Artist
  • Faith Fenton, Journalist
  • Prudence Fenton, Film producer
  • Reuben Fenton, Former Governor of New York
  • Julian Fenton, Musical Artist
  • Jamie Fenton, Programmer
  • Arron Fenton, Actress
  • Sir Fenton Aylmer, 13th Baronet, Aylmer baronets
  • Sir Fenton Aylmer, 7th Baronet, Aylmer baronets
  • Sir Fenton Gerald Aylmer, 15th Baronet, Aylmer baronets
  • In 2017, Sabrina Fenton characterized the role of Juliette in comedy and romance flick The Dog Stalker.
  • Frances Fenton portrayed the pivotal role of Sister in 0 romance movie Berlinetta.
  • Jason Lane Fenton, from 2012 adventure and comedy flick Philter, who played Scout Reid Mathis.
  • In 2016, Kate Fenton portrayed the role of Dr. Headly in horror and sci-fi movie Let Her Out.
  • Frank Fenton, from 1950 action and music movie Streets of Ghost Town, who played Bart Selby.

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