Feger
surname · Latin script
Meaning: agent noun of fegen; sweeper, sweep
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈfiɡɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Feger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In Liechtenstein it is the 63rd most common surname.
- DEGermany≈1 in 54K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 482K
- LILiechtenstein≈1 in 6.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 178 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Liechtenstein, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
agent noun of fegen; sweeper, sweep
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Feger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Feger | 82 |
| US United States | — | 690 | 1 in 482K | 715 | Feger | 178 |
| FR France | — | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 104K | 99 | — | 2 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Feger | 25 |
| PL Poland | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 369K | — | Feger | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 63 | 1 in 133K | 63 | Feger | 22 |
| LI Liechtenstein | #63 | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | 66 | Feger | 15 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Statistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Feger is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname zu Feger/Schornsteinfeger; auch Gruben- und Kistenfeger, teils Übername für Raufbold. 599+171.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alfons Fegerb. 1856LILiechtensteiner politician (1856-1933)
- Johann Jakob Fegerb. 1863LILiechtensteiner politician
- Otto Fegerb. 1905DEGerman archivist and regional historian (1905-1968)
- Robert Fegerb. 1918DEGerman librarian and classical philologist (1918–1987)
- Josef Fegerb. 1920DEGerman politician (1920-2010)
- Robert Fegerb. 1930FRFrench-Canadian university professor and novelist
- Serge Fegerb. 1955FRFrench politician
- Karola Fegerphotographer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 715 | #30,753 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 697 | #34,899 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 690 | #33,164 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 129 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 123 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 111 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 99 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 95 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 89 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 88 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 87 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 83 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Feger mean, and where does it come from?
- agent noun of fegen; sweeper, sweep Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Feger?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfiɡɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Feger have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Feger in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled feger.
- How common is the name Feger?
- In the United States, the national register counted 690 people named Feger in 2010, about 1 in 482 thousand residents.
- How common is Feger compared with other names?
- In Liechtenstein, Feger is the 63rd most common surname of 283 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fegerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Feger” — the 63rd most common surname in Liechtenstein. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.