How common is the surname Feather?

2,674 people in the United States had the surname Feather in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,462 Americans. It ranked 11,719th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feather?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Feather identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Feather?

Leonard Feather, British-American jazz musician and jazz writer (1914–1994).

Where is the surname Feather most common?

Wikidata records people named Feather in the United States.

Is the surname Feather getting more or less common?

More common. 2,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,674 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Feather

An occupational surname, carried by 2,674 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feather is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

* As an occupational English name, from feather, used to refer to quilt makers, feather traders, etc. * As an Americanized German surname, from Feder.

Feather is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,674 people named Feather in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,462 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,528.

#11,719

rank among US surnames

2,674

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,433)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,714	Dismuke	2,676	115,376
#11,716	Ikeda	2,675	115,419
#11,719	Blazek	2,674	115,462
#11,722	Pickel	2,673	115,505
#11,728	Currey	2,672	115,548

Who is named Feather

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

84% of people named Feather identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
American Indian and Alaska Native 9.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feathers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leonard Feather
British-American jazz musician and jazz writer (1914–1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feather

Feather has the Soundex code F360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F360.

Questions

Where does the surname Feather come from?: * As an occupational English name, from feather, used to refer to quilt makers, feather traders, etc. * As an Americanized German surname, from Feder.
How common is the surname Feather?: 2,674 people in the United States had the surname Feather in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,462 Americans. It ranked 11,719th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feather?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Feather identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Feather?: Leonard Feather, British-American jazz musician and jazz writer (1914–1994).
Where is the surname Feather most common?: Wikidata records people named Feather in the United States.
What type of surname is Feather?: Feather is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Feather getting more or less common?: More common. 2,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,674 in 2010, up 5.8%.