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    The surname Fell

    A surname, carried by 6,429 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F400

    Fell: #5,414 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fell #5,414, 6,429 people Fell: #5,414 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fell #5,414, 6,429 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fell is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,429 people named Fell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,024 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,833.

    #5,414
    rank among US surnames
    6,429
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,481)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,405Abercrombie6,43947,949
    #5,407Marker6,43847,957
    #5,408Krantz6,43647,972
    #5,410Groth6,43447,987
    #5,411Yepez6,43347,994
    #5,412Chevalier6,43148,009
    #5,413Ritz6,43048,016

    Who is named Fell

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

    92% of people named Fell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fells

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Norman Fell
      American actor (1924–1998)
    • Richard Fell
      British diplomat (1948- )
    • Mark Fell
      British electronic musician, born 1966

    Notable Fells come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fell

    Fell has the Soundex code F400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fell come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Fell?
    6,429 people in the United States had the surname Fell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,024 Americans. It ranked 5,414th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fell?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fell?
    Norman Fell, American actor (1924–1998), followed by Richard Fell.
    Where is the surname Fell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fell in the United Kingdom and the United States.
    Is the surname Fell getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,429 in 2010, up 10%.