How common is the surname Fellows?

7,948 people in the United States had the surname Fellows in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,846 Americans. It ranked 4,469th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fellows?

Edith Fellows, actress (1923-2011), followed by Scott Fellows.

Where is the surname Fellows most common?

Wikidata records people named Fellows in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Fellows getting more or less common?

More common. 7,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,948 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Fellows

A surname, carried by 7,948 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fellows is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,948 people named Fellows in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,846 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,745.

#4,469

rank among US surnames

7,948

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,236)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,465	Cromer	7,952	38,826
#4,466	Fincher	7,951	38,831
#4,467	Loper	7,950	38,836
#4,469	Fellows	7,948	38,846

Who is named Fellows

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

89% of people named Fellows identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fellowss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edith Fellows
Actress (1923-2011)
Scott Fellows
American television producer, born 1965
Charles Fellows
British archaeologist (1799-1860)

Notable Fellowss come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Fellowes

Surnames that sound like Fellows

Fells

Fellows has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

Questions

How common is the surname Fellows?: 7,948 people in the United States had the surname Fellows in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,846 Americans. It ranked 4,469th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fellows?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Fellows identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fellows?: Edith Fellows, actress (1923-2011), followed by Scott Fellows.
Where is the surname Fellows most common?: Wikidata records people named Fellows in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Fellows getting more or less common?: More common. 7,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,948 in 2010, up 2.6%.
What are other spellings of Fellows?: Fellowes.