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    The surname Feher

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 1,564 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feher is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    Borrowed from Hungarian Fehér.

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,564 people named Feher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,408 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,533.

    #17,883
    rank among US surnames
    1,564
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,073)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,874Tourville1,565197,281
    #17,883Towell1,564197,408
    #17,888Bergren1,563197,534

    Who is named Feher

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

    95% of people named Feher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fehers

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Friedrich Feher
      Austrian actor and director (1889-1950)
    • Csaba Fehér
      Association football player, born 1975
    • George Feher
      American biophysicist (1924–2017)
    • Zoltán Fehér
      Association football player, born 1981

    Notable Fehers come mostly from Hungary (2), Austria (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Feher

    Feher has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Feher come from?
    Borrowed from Hungarian Fehér.
    How common is the surname Feher?
    1,564 people in the United States had the surname Feher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,408 Americans. It ranked 17,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Feher?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Feher?
    Friedrich Feher, Austrian actor and director (1889-1950), followed by Csaba Fehér.
    Where is the surname Feher most common?
    Wikidata records people named Feher in Hungary, Austria and the United States.
    Is the surname Feher getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,564 in 2010, up 2.0%.