How common is the surname Fehr?

4,272 people in the United States had the surname Fehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,272 Americans. It ranked 7,767th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fehr?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fehr?

Mobi Fehr, American soccer player, followed by Ernst Fehr.

Where is the surname Fehr most common?

Wikidata records people named Fehr in Japan and Switzerland.

Is the surname Fehr getting more or less common?

More common. 3,898 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,272 in 2010, up 9.6%.

The surname Fehr

A surname, carried by 4,272 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fehr is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,272 people named Fehr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,272 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,898.

#7,767

rank among US surnames

4,272

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,878)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,758	Woodland	4,280	72,137
#7,759	Noyola	4,279	72,154
#7,760	Chenault	4,278	72,171
#7,761	Harner	4,277	72,187
#7,762	Bedwell	4,276	72,204
#7,763	DiMarco	4,275	72,221
#7,765	Fortson	4,273	72,255

Who is named Fehr

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

94% of people named Fehr identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fehrs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mobi Fehr
American soccer player, born 1994
Ernst Fehr
Austrian economist, born 1956

Notable Fehrs come mostly from Japan (1) and Switzerland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fehr

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

Questions

How common is the surname Fehr?: 4,272 people in the United States had the surname Fehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,272 Americans. It ranked 7,767th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fehr?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fehr?: Mobi Fehr, American soccer player, followed by Ernst Fehr.
Where is the surname Fehr most common?: Wikidata records people named Fehr in Japan and Switzerland.
Is the surname Fehr getting more or less common?: More common. 3,898 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,272 in 2010, up 9.6%.