How common is the surname Feist?

3,784 people in the United States had the surname Feist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,592 Americans. It ranked 8,681st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feist?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Feist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Feist?

Felix E. Feist, American film and television director (1910–1965).

Where is the surname Feist most common?

Wikidata records people named Feist in the United States.

Is the surname Feist getting more or less common?

More common. 3,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,784 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Feist

A German surname, carried by 3,784 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feist is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname for stout people; see feist (“fat”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,784 people named Feist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,592 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,525.

#8,681

rank among US surnames

3,784

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,594)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528
#8,679	Prine	3,786	81,549
#8,681	Swinson	3,784	81,592
#8,686	Adorno	3,783	81,614
#8,687	Zazueta	3,782	81,636
#8,688	Gardea	3,781	81,657

Who is named Feist

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

93% of people named Feist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feists

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Felix E. Feist
American film and television director (1910–1965)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feist

Feist has the Soundex code F230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F230.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Feist come from?: From the German surname for stout people; see feist (“fat”).
How common is the surname Feist?: 3,784 people in the United States had the surname Feist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,592 Americans. It ranked 8,681st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feist?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Feist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Feist?: Felix E. Feist, American film and television director (1910–1965).
Where is the surname Feist most common?: Wikidata records people named Feist in the United States.
Is the surname Feist getting more or less common?: More common. 3,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,784 in 2010, up 7.3%.