# Felder (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/felder/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,257 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,714 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,289 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (11,976 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Felder in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Felder in the United States, Cisleithania, Austria and the Austrian Empire.

## People named Felder

- Don Felder, American rock musician
- Cajetan von Felder, Austrian politician and scientist (1814-1894)
- Rudolf Felder, Austrian jurist and entomologist (1842–1871)
- Kay Felder, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Paul Felder, American mixed martial artist
- Wilton Felder, American musician (1940–2015)
- Franz Michael Felder, Austrian writer, agriculturalist (1839–1869)
- Doc Pomus, American recording artist; blues singer, lyricist, songwriter (1925–1991)

## Similar surnames

Fielder, Felter, Falter.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.