Fennema
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A surname from West Frisian
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈfɛnɪmə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Fennema is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 13K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 553K
- ARArgentina1 in 700K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 26 (measured from records)
- 1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
1,285 people, 2007
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A surname from West Frisian.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Fennema 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 1,285 | 1 in 13K | 1.3K | Fennema | 12 |
| US United States | 602 | 1 in 553K | 629 | Fennema | 26 |
| AR Argentina | 65 | 1 in 700K | 65 | Fennema | 20 |
| BE Belgium | 4 | 1 in 2.9M | 4 | — | — |
| CO Colombia | — | — | — | Fennema | 4 |
| CU Cuba | — | — | — | Fennema | 2 |
1,285 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)
Fennema 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, from Vennemann, with reduced -mann
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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)
- Hendrik Fennemab. 1843NLDutch politician (1843-1916)
- Antony Fennemab. 1902NLDutch rower (1902–1984)
- Carl Fennemab. 1926USAmerican gridiron football player
- Ann Elizabeth Fennemab. 1928USAmerican educator (1928–2021)
- Owen R. Fennemab. 1929Food chemist
- Meindert Fennemab. 1946NLDutch political scientist (1946–2023)
- Sven Fennemab. 1981DEGerman photographer
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 11 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 1.3K | #1,248 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 629 | #37,959 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 602 | #37,076 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 550 | #37,938 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 65 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 4 | #117,158 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Fennema mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname from West Frisian. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Fennema?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfɛnɪmə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Fennema have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Fennema, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fennema.
- Where is Fennema most common?
- Fennema is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 13 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Fennema?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,285 people named Fennema in 2007, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Fennema?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fennemaThe 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, “Fennema”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.