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Fegely Name Meaning

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Vögele, a metonymic occupational name for a bird catcher or a nickname for someone with birdlike features, a diminutive of Vogel (compare Fegley), or alternatively of Swiss German Fügle or Fügli, a nickname for a skillful person, from Middle High German vuoc, vüege ‘skill’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Fegley, Fiegel, Feigel, Regel, Hegel, Kegel, Flegel, Nebel, Segel

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Fegely Family Origin

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Fegely Family Occupations

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  • Farmer

    38%

  • Laborer

    10%

  • Carpenter

    8%

  • Keeping House

    8%

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In 1880, the most common Fegely occupation in the USA was Farmer. 38% of Fegely's were Farmers. A less common occupation for the Fegely family was Keeping House. Farmer, Laborer and Carpenter were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Fegely.

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Fegely Life Expectancy

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