How common is the surname Feaster?

4,871 people in the United States had the surname Feaster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,384 Americans. It ranked 6,900th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Feaster?

Allison Feaster, American basketball player.

Where is the surname Feaster most common?

Wikidata records people named Feaster in France.

Is the surname Feaster getting more or less common?

More common. 4,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,871 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Feaster

A surname, carried by 4,871 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feaster is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,871 people named Feaster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,384 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,507.

#6,900

rank among US surnames

4,871

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,877)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,896	Abramson	4,875	63,332
#6,898	Cervantez	4,874	63,345
#6,899	Erazo	4,873	63,358
#6,900	Feaster	4,871	63,384
#6,903	Eades	4,870	63,397

Who is named Feaster

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

54% of people named Feaster identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 54%
Black (not Hispanic) 41%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feasters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Allison Feaster
American basketball player, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feaster

Feaster has the Soundex code F236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F236.

Questions

How common is the surname Feaster?: 4,871 people in the United States had the surname Feaster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,384 Americans. It ranked 6,900th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feaster?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Feaster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Feaster?: Allison Feaster, American basketball player.
Where is the surname Feaster most common?: Wikidata records people named Feaster in France.
Is the surname Feaster getting more or less common?: More common. 4,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,871 in 2010, up 8.1%.