Fergus is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic and Celtic. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fergus
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Gaelic and Celtic
Meaning: A fierce or brave chieftain, from Fear, man, and guth, a voice or word, that is, the man of the word, a commoander of an army. Some suppose the first Fergus was so named from Fairghe, the sea, on account of his large navy; others, from his raging like the sea in battle. Feargach, fiery

How popular is Fergus?

Fergus is common in England.

Fergus is ranked 72210 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fergus bearers increased by 0.7076756 per cent in 2010 US census to 1850 since 2000, the surname slipped by 945 spots and ranked at 15758. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.38 82.31
Black 11.73 13.5
Hispanic or Latino 4.22 2.07
Others 2.43 1.14
Fergus is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Montserrat is ahead in terms of density. Around 6196 people have been found who wears Fergus as their family name. Fergus is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
101,066 Zimbabwe5
10,542 China4
473 Anguilla2
54,135 Philippines2
34,681 Norway2
1,389 Barbados2
65,594 Belgium2
118,441 Germany2
405 British Virgin Islands2
1,777 Jersey2
15,705 Cameroon1
38,063 Mauritania1
16,228 Bulgaria1
165,773 Belarus1
169,904 Brazil1
123,175 Tanzania1
120,357 Argentina1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
1,970 Grenada1
15,162 Costa Rica1
5,924 Paraguay1
3,307 Malta1
58,885 Poland1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
40,340 Malaysia1
153,416 Italy1
28,365 Kenya1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
1,254 Gibraltar1
3,350 Fiji1
24,771 Colombia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
25 Montserrat42
257,310 Russia31
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
162,376 Ukraine20
69,202 Netherlands18
29,040 Denmark15
5,704 Guyana11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
3,494 Panama82
276 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines79
5,257 Wales68
2,376 Trinidad and Tobago66
Countries with hundreds of Fergus:
6,777 Australia425
1,991 New Zealand379
1,450 Ireland371
16,752 South Africa365
12,001 Canada322
2,308 Scotland302
Countries with thousands of Fergus:
14,547 United States2,332
6,643 England1,049
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Fergus worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for USA from Belfast on Jenny Lind and arrived on August 28, 1849. James Fergus (49) Farmer, Alexander Fergus (14) Farmer, Workman Alex Fergus, William Fergus, aged 20, Bridt. Fergus, aged 17, 27 years old Rose Fergus, 13 years old Angus Fergus, Ann Fergus, aged 19, and 2 other Fergus around 33.33% of whom were farmer while others worked as workman and servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow and Westport.

Fergus Namesakes

  • Everett Ferguson, Author
  • Otis Ferguson, Writer
  • Niall Ferguson, Historian
  • Howard Ferguson, Composer
  • Mark D. Ferguson, Film director
  • Alan Ferguson, Music Video Director
  • Alane Ferguson, Author
  • Aldon P Ferguson, Author
  • Aldwin Ferguson, Soccer player
  • Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, British Politician

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