How common is the surname Felder?

13,257 people in the United States had the surname Felder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,289 Americans. It ranked 2,714th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Felder?

Don Felder, American rock musician, followed by Cajetan von Felder.

Where is the surname Felder most common?

Wikidata records people named Felder in the United States, Cisleithania and Austria and 1 other country.

Is the surname Felder getting more or less common?

More common. 11,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,257 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Felder

A surname, carried by 13,257 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Felder is more common than 98.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,257 people named Felder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,289 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,976.

#2,714

rank among US surnames

13,257

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+10.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,767)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,705	Bourgeois	13,325	23,170
#2,706	Carrington	13,320	23,179
#2,707	Jasso	13,318	23,183
#2,708	Ko	13,312	23,193
#2,709	Stockton	13,306	23,203
#2,710	Graf	13,301	23,212
#2,711	Noonan	13,286	23,238

Who is named Felder

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

67% of people named Felder identified as Black (not Hispanic), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Felders

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Don Felder
American rock musician, born 1947
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, born 1984
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)

Notable Felders come mostly from the United States (5), Cisleithania (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Felder

Felder has the Soundex code F436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F436.

Questions

How common is the surname Felder?: 13,257 people in the United States had the surname Felder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,289 Americans. It ranked 2,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Felder?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Felder identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Felder?: Don Felder, American rock musician, followed by Cajetan von Felder.
Where is the surname Felder most common?: Wikidata records people named Felder in the United States, Cisleithania and Austria and 1 other country.
Is the surname Felder getting more or less common?: More common. 11,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,257 in 2010, up 11%.