How common is the surname Felter?

1,620 people in the United States had the surname Felter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,584 Americans. It ranked 17,419th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Felter?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Felter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Felter getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,620 in 2010, down 3.8%.

The surname Felter

A surname, carried by 1,620 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Felter is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,620 people named Felter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,584 Americans. That is down 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,684.

#17,419

rank among US surnames

1,620

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-3.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,861)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,419	Servantes	1,620	190,584
#17,428	Heppner	1,619	190,701

Who is named Felter

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

92% of people named Felter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Felter

Felter has the Soundex code F436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F436.

Questions

How common is the surname Felter?: 1,620 people in the United States had the surname Felter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,584 Americans. It ranked 17,419th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Felter?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Felter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Felter getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,620 in 2010, down 3.8%.