The Fend surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 178 people carried this name — #101,247 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 179 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 108 people named Fend.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
91 people named Fend live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Fend in American newspapers,
1809–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 467,370 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fend,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michael Fend 1553–1625 · poet -
Erasmus Fend 1532–1587 · jurist
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Emanuel Fend 1591–1673 · secretary
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Johann Heinrich Fend 1758–1832 · mayor
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Fritz Fend 1915–1944 · association football player
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Fritz Fend 1920–2000 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fend.
- Fellrath 124 · U.S. census
- Fels 745 · U.S. census
- Felt 3,820 · U.S. census
- Felten 1,578 · U.S. census
- Felter 1,620 · U.S. census
- Feltz 1,594 · U.S. census
- Fender 6,034 · U.S. census
- Fendrich 217 · U.S. census
- Fendt 391 · U.S. census
- Fenech 550 · U.S. census
- Fenelon 1,111 · U.S. census
- Fenger 377 · U.S. census
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