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    The surname Felten

    A surname, carried by 1,578 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F435

    Felten: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Felten #17,752, 1,578 people Felten: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Felten #17,752, 1,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Felten is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    From German Felten (also spelt Velten), from the given name Valentine.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,578 people named Felten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,297.

    #17,752
    rank among US surnames
    1,578
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,328)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,745Zacher1,579195,532
    #17,752Deo1,578195,656

    Who is named Felten

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

    93% of people named Felten identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Felten

    Felten has the Soundex code F435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F435.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Felten come from?
    From German Felten (also spelt Velten), from the given name Valentine.
    How common is the surname Felten?
    1,578 people in the United States had the surname Felten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Felten?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Felten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Felten getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, up 22%.