Fey surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Fey surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,674 people carried this name — #8,294 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 614 people named Fey.

33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 33
Moselle 132
Meurthe-et-Moselle 60
Bas-Rhin 55
Paris 51
Aube 31
Dordogne 30
Loire 26
Haut-Rhin 25

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

291 people named Fey live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 82
Thurgau 50
St. Gallen 49
Aargau 31
Bern 21
Ticino 13
Basel-Landschaft 10
Basel-Stadt 9

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Poland’s population register

35 people named Fey have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 74 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Pomeranian 21
Silesian 12
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 29 people named Fey live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 29

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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