How common is the surname Felt?

3,820 people in the United States had the surname Felt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,823 Americans. It ranked 8,610th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Felt?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Felt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Felt?

Dorr Felt, American inventor (1862–1930), followed by Joan Carroll.

Where is the surname Felt most common?

Wikidata records people named Felt in the United States.

Is the surname Felt getting more or less common?

More common. 3,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,820 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Felt

A surname, carried by 3,820 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Felt is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,820 people named Felt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,823 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,281.

#8,610

rank among US surnames

3,820

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+16.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,140)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,606	McGowen	3,825	80,718
#8,608	Lacour	3,822	80,781
#8,609	Borowski	3,821	80,802
#8,610	Felt	3,820	80,823
#8,611	Heng	3,819	80,845

Who is named Felt

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

94% of people named Felt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Felts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dorr Felt
American inventor (1862–1930)
Joan Carroll
American stage and film actress, 1931–2016

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Felt

Felt has the Soundex code F430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F430.

Questions

How common is the surname Felt?: 3,820 people in the United States had the surname Felt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,823 Americans. It ranked 8,610th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Felt?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Felt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Felt?: Dorr Felt, American inventor (1862–1930), followed by Joan Carroll.
Where is the surname Felt most common?: Wikidata records people named Felt in the United States.
Is the surname Felt getting more or less common?: More common. 3,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,820 in 2010, up 16%.