How common is the surname Feinstein?

3,205 people in the United States had the surname Feinstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. It ranked 10,050th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feinstein?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Feinstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Feinstein?

Dianne Feinstein, American politician (1933–2023), followed by Michael Feinstein.

Where is the surname Feinstein most common?

Wikidata records people named Feinstein in the United States.

How do you pronounce Feinstein?

Feinstein is /ˈfaɪnstaɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Feinstein getting more or less common?

More common. 3,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,205 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Feinstein

A surname, carried by 3,205 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfaɪnstaɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex F523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feinstein is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,205 people named Feinstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,143.

#10,050

rank among US surnames

3,205

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #9,485)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,041	Caster	3,208	96,242
#10,044	Lieb	3,207	96,272
#10,046	Pound	3,206	96,302
#10,050	Dasher	3,205	96,332
#10,059	Wesolowski	3,204	96,363

Who is named Feinstein

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

96% of people named Feinstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feinsteins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dianne Feinstein
American politician (1933–2023)
Michael Feinstein
American musician, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Feinstein

Fenster

Feinstein has the Soundex code F523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F523.

Questions

How common is the surname Feinstein?: 3,205 people in the United States had the surname Feinstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. It ranked 10,050th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feinstein?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Feinstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Feinstein?: Dianne Feinstein, American politician (1933–2023), followed by Michael Feinstein.
Where is the surname Feinstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Feinstein in the United States.
How do you pronounce Feinstein?: Feinstein is /ˈfaɪnstaɪn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Feinstein getting more or less common?: More common. 3,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,205 in 2010, up 2.0%.