How common is the surname Feinberg?

4,596 people in the United States had the surname Feinberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,177 Americans. It ranked 7,255th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feinberg?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feinberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Feinberg?

Leslie Feinberg, American transgender activist and writer (1949–2014), followed by Steve Feinberg.

Where is the surname Feinberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Feinberg in the United States.

Is the surname Feinberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,596 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Feinberg

A surname, carried by 4,596 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feinberg is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,596 people named Feinberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,177 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,708.

#7,255

rank among US surnames

4,596

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,629)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,247	Theodore	4,601	67,104
#7,253	Belden	4,600	67,119
#7,254	Fenwick	4,597	67,162
#7,255	Nightingale	4,596	67,177
#7,257	Lohman	4,592	67,236
#7,258	Futch	4,591	67,250

Who is named Feinberg

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

95% of people named Feinberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feinbergs

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leslie Feinberg
American transgender activist and writer (1949–2014)
Steve Feinberg
American businessman, born 1960
Gerald Feinberg
American physicist (1933–1992)
Ron Feinberg
American character actor, 1932–2005
Sammy Fain
American composer (1902-1989)
Don Diamont
American actor, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Fineberg

Feinberg has the Soundex code F516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F516.

Questions

How common is the surname Feinberg?: 4,596 people in the United States had the surname Feinberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,177 Americans. It ranked 7,255th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feinberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feinberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Feinberg?: Leslie Feinberg, American transgender activist and writer (1949–2014), followed by Steve Feinberg.
Where is the surname Feinberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Feinberg in the United States.
Is the surname Feinberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,596 in 2010, down 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Feinberg?: Fineberg.