The surname Felan
A surname, carried by 1,984 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F450
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,984 people named Felan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,674.
Who is named Felan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Felan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 77%
- White (not Hispanic) 20%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
- Two or more races 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Felan
Felan has the Soundex code F450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F450.
Questions
- How common is the surname Felan?
- 1,984 people in the United States had the surname Felan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. It ranked 14,920th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Felan?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Felan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Felan getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,984 in 2010, up 19%.