How common is the surname Feller?

7,085 people in the United States had the surname Feller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,577 Americans. It ranked 4,963rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feller?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Feller?

Manuel Feller, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Jules Feller.

Where is the surname Feller most common?

Wikidata records people named Feller in Austria and Belgium.

Is the surname Feller getting more or less common?

More common. 6,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,085 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Feller

An occupational surname, carried by 7,085 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feller is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

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

Feller is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,085 people named Feller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,577 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,650.

#4,963

rank among US surnames

7,085

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,842)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,960	Hague	7,093	43,528
#4,961	Suh	7,089	43,553
#4,962	Hannan	7,086	43,571
#4,963	Feller	7,085	43,577
#4,964	Palomares	7,084	43,584

Who is named Feller

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

95% of people named Feller identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fellers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Manuel Feller
Austrian alpine skier, born 1992
Jules Feller
Belgian linguist (1859–1940)

Notable Fellers come mostly from Austria (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feller

Feller has the Soundex code F460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F460.

Questions

Where does the surname Feller come from?: Likely an occupational surname from English feller (“one who fells trees; a lumberjack”).
How common is the surname Feller?: 7,085 people in the United States had the surname Feller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,577 Americans. It ranked 4,963rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feller?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Feller?: Manuel Feller, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Jules Feller.
Where is the surname Feller most common?: Wikidata records people named Feller in Austria and Belgium.
What type of surname is Feller?: Feller is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Feller getting more or less common?: More common. 6,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,085 in 2010, up 6.5%.