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    The surname Fecteau

    A surname, carried by 1,747 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F230

    Fecteau: #16,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fecteau #16,457, 1,747 people Fecteau: #16,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fecteau #16,457, 1,747 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fecteau is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,747 people named Fecteau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,729 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,718.

    #16,457
    rank among US surnames
    1,747
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,619)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,450Chia1,748176,628
    #16,457Chisum1,747176,729
    #16,462Cieslak1,746176,830

    Who is named Fecteau

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

    96% of people named Fecteau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fecteau

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fecteau?
    1,747 people in the United States had the surname Fecteau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,729 Americans. It ranked 16,457th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fecteau?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fecteau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Fecteau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,747 in 2010, up 1.7%.