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The surname Feathers

A surname, carried by 3,173 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F362

Feathers: #10,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Feathers #10,167, 3,173 people Feathers: #10,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Feathers #10,167, 3,173 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feathers is more common than 93.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,173 people named Feathers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,304 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,993.

#10,167
rank among US surnames
3,173
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+6%
change since 2000 (was #9,945)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,159Goldsberry3,17697,212
#10,164Harnish3,17597,243
#10,166Wenner3,17497,273
#10,167Feathers3,17397,304
#10,172Hott3,17297,335
#10,174Labrie3,17197,365
#10,176Swinford3,17097,396

Who is named Feathers

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

88% of people named Feathers identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 88%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
  • Two or more races 2.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feathers

Feathers has the Soundex code F362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F362.

Questions

How common is the surname Feathers?
3,173 people in the United States had the surname Feathers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,304 Americans. It ranked 10,167th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feathers?
In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Feathers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Feathers getting more or less common?
More common. 2,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,173 in 2010, up 6.0%.