Fernand is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fernand
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The form of the Vernon. One who came from Vernon, i.e., the alder grove, the name of several places in France.

Form of Vernon. William de Vernon was lord and owner of the town and district of Vernon sur Seine, in the arrondissement of Louviers in 1052. His eldest son, Richard, accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066, and was one of the seven barons created by the kinglet, Hugh Lupus, the Conqueror's nephew, in his county palatine of Chester. A Walter de Vernon was also a tenant in chief in county of Bucks, at the time of the Domesday survey.

How popular is Fernand?

Fernand is common in Chad, France, United States, Haiti, Suriname.

Fernand is ranked 94771 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Fernands grew by 41.18 per cent to 216 since 2000 and ranked 86314 after elevating 21251 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 43.06 47.71
Black 37.04 30.72
Hispanic or Latino 18.52 15.69
Fernand is quite popular family name mostly used in Chad while Suriname is ahead in terms of density. Around 5025 people have been found who wears Fernand as their family name. Fernand is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fernand:
869 Chad2,311
8,785 France1,037
Countries with hundreds of Fernand:
90,243 United States282
2,720 Haiti250
807 Suriname141
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,426 Dominican Republic77
68,260 DR Congo68
31,935 Netherlands68
43,863 England68
28,740 Cameroon67
13,490 Ivory Coast59
3,233 Taiwan56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,024 Ethiopia49
18,708 Israel45
1,080 Guinea41
704 Saint Lucia35
7,089 Mauritius34
51,601 Australia33
83,867 Canada32
9,690 Scotland31
275,398 Indonesia21
420,161 India21
51,586 Belgium21
220,519 Brazil20
189,895 Germany16
197,164 Philippines13
32,126 Niger12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
2,378 Gabon9
3,802 Madagascar9
48,153 Egypt9
512,203 Thailand7
70,659 Tanzania7
170,578 Malaysia6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Daughter Marie Fernand from France aboard the Harriet from Havre. She is registered to be 4 years old when she arrived in USA on September 27, 1852. 1 years old Carl Fernand, Gottf. Fernand, aged 29, Marie Fernand (23), 29 years old A.Marie Fernand, Farmer Andre Fernand, Ursa Fernand (18) Farmer, 28 years old Ginbert Fernand, 39 years old Rosa Fernand, Alexandre Fernand (20) Laborer, Henry Fernand (26) Traveler, and 1 other Fernand around 42.86% of whom were farmer while others worked as traveler migrated to US from Hamburg, Havre, Bremen & Southampton, Liverpool and Boulogne & Rotterdam.

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