The fenter Surname

fenter Name Meaning and History

German: from a vernacular reduced form of the personal name Bonaventura, which became popular as a personal name around 1500.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The fenter name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the fenter family name as far back in history as possible.

fenter Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of fenter Families in the US in 1920

Number of fenter families

8-13

3-7

1-2

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Fenter Family/AR..TX...OK....	Wendy	2
Fenter / Moore connection	puterout	0
L.N. FENTER	Pirouettegrl1	6
Fenters in NYC	Mary Fenter	0
Martin and Frederick Fenter, Finter, Finder, Fainter of Virginia	Allen Sales	1
William Duke Fenter/Elizabeth Sarah Parker	bengreenwood	0
Fenter surname	Mary Fenter	43
Robert Fenters	thebigdude13	1
John Haliburton Fenter	nohbowie	0
Looking Pine Bluff Drennan	WilsonMartin2	0

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