# Fell (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,429 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,414 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,024 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (5,833 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun fell (“crag, rocky highland”). * As an English, Jewish, and German surname, from Fell (“pelt, fur”) or its Yiddish equivalent. Compare Pilcher.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fell 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fell in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Fell

- Norman Fell, American actor (1924–1998)
- Richard Fell, British diplomat (1948- )
- Mark Fell, British electronic musician

## Similar surnames

Fall, Feely, Feola, Feil, Fiel, Fewell, Foley, Feeley, Faul, Fiala, Fly, Failla.

## 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.