How common is the surname Fein?

2,367 people in the United States had the surname Fein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,437 Americans. It ranked 12,971st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fein?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fein?

Robert Fein, Austrian weightlifter (1907-1975), followed by Maria Fein.

Where is the surname Fein most common?

Wikidata records people named Fein in Austria, the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Fein getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,367 in 2010, down 3.7%.

The surname Fein

A surname, carried by 2,367 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fein is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

From the German and Jewish (via Yiddish פֿײַן (fayn)) surname, from the adjective fein (“fine”), similar to the surname Fine.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,367 people named Fein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,437 Americans. That is down 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,459.

#12,971

rank among US surnames

2,367

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-3.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,689)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,965	Stigall	2,369	130,327
#12,968	Highfill	2,368	130,382
#12,971	Handel	2,367	130,437
#12,978	Cron	2,366	130,493

Who is named Fein

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

96% of people named Fein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feins

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Fein
Austrian weightlifter (1907-1975)
Maria Fein
Austrian actress (1899–1965)
Helen Fein
American sociologist, 1934–2022
Mónica Fein
Argentine politician, born 1957

Notable Feins come mostly from Austria (2), the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fein

Fein has the Soundex code F500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F500.

Questions

Where does the surname Fein come from?: From the German and Jewish (via Yiddish פֿײַן (fayn)) surname, from the adjective fein (“fine”), similar to the surname Fine.
How common is the surname Fein?: 2,367 people in the United States had the surname Fein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,437 Americans. It ranked 12,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fein?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fein?: Robert Fein, Austrian weightlifter (1907-1975), followed by Maria Fein.
Where is the surname Fein most common?: Wikidata records people named Fein in Austria, the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Fein getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,367 in 2010, down 3.7%.