How common is the surname Featherston?

2,981 people in the United States had the surname Featherston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,571 Americans. It ranked 10,717th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Featherston?

Katie Featherston, American actress.

Where is the surname Featherston most common?

Wikidata records people named Featherston in the United States.

Is the surname Featherston getting more or less common?

More common. 2,894 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,981 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Featherston

A surname, carried by 2,981 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Featherston is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,981 people named Featherston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,571 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,894.

#10,717

rank among US surnames

2,981

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #10,221)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,708	Ricard	2,984	103,467
#10,711	Shute	2,983	103,502
#10,715	Reading	2,982	103,536
#10,717	Nicoletti	2,981	103,571
#10,721	Mager	2,980	103,606
#10,724	Chidester	2,979	103,641
#10,726	Hennigan	2,978	103,675

Who is named Featherston

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

85% of people named Featherston identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Featherstons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Katie Featherston
American actress, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Featherston

Featherston 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 Featherston?: 2,981 people in the United States had the surname Featherston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,571 Americans. It ranked 10,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Featherston?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Featherston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Featherston?: Katie Featherston, American actress.
Where is the surname Featherston most common?: Wikidata records people named Featherston in the United States.
Is the surname Featherston getting more or less common?: More common. 2,894 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,981 in 2010, up 3.0%.