# Feller (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/feller/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,085 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,963 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,577 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (6,650 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Likely an occupational surname from English feller (“one who fells trees; a lumberjack”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Feller 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Feller in Austria and Belgium.

## People named Feller

- Manuel Feller, Austrian alpine skier
- Jules Feller, Belgian linguist (1859–1940)

## Similar surnames

Fuller, Faller, Filler, Fowler, Flora, Flory, Fleury, Florio, Flower, Filer, Flohr, Flor.

## 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.