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    The surname Fecht

    A surname, carried by 705 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F230

    Fecht: #32,599 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fecht #32,599, 705 people Fecht: #32,599 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fecht #32,599, 705 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fecht is more common than 79.9% of them.

    Origin

    From the German and Dutch surname, from several toponyms containing the element Fecht (“fight”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 705 people named Fecht in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 437,937 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 700.

    #32,599
    rank among US surnames
    705
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #31,301)

    Who is named Fecht

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

    98% of people named Fecht identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fecht

    Fecht has the Soundex code F230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F230.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fecht come from?
    From the German and Dutch surname, from several toponyms containing the element Fecht (“fight”).
    How common is the surname Fecht?
    705 people in the United States had the surname Fecht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 437,937 Americans. It ranked 32,599th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fecht?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Fecht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fecht getting more or less common?
    More common. 700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 705 in 2010, up 0.7%.