How common is the surname Feltman?

2,371 people in the United States had the surname Feltman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,217 Americans. It ranked 12,953rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feltman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feltman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Feltman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,371 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Feltman

A surname, carried by 2,371 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feltman is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,371 people named Feltman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,217 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,247.

#12,953

rank among US surnames

2,371

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,638)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,944	Steffey	2,373	130,108
#12,948	Letson	2,372	130,163
#12,953	Silverberg	2,371	130,217
#12,961	Rine	2,370	130,272

Who is named Feltman

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

95% of people named Feltman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feltman

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

Questions

How common is the surname Feltman?: 2,371 people in the United States had the surname Feltman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,217 Americans. It ranked 12,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feltman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feltman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Feltman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,371 in 2010, up 5.5%.