How common is the surname Felton?

16,044 people in the United States had the surname Felton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,244 Americans. It ranked 2,266th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Felton?

Tom Felton, British actor, singer and musician, followed by Rebecca Latimer Felton.

Where is the surname Felton most common?

Wikidata records people named Felton in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Felton getting more or less common?

More common. 15,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,044 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Felton

An English place surname, carried by 16,044 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). Felton is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English feld (“field”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Felton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,044 people named Felton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,244 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,734.

#2,266

rank among US surnames

16,044

people in 2010

5.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #2,115)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,257	Willoughby	16,111	19,164
#2,258	Kinsey	16,102	19,174
#2,259	Dozier	16,091	19,187
#2,260	Holguin	16,090	19,189
#2,262	Shook	16,070	19,213
#2,263	Deluca	16,066	19,217
#2,265	Lyles	16,062	19,222

Who is named Felton

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

49% of people named Felton identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 49%
Black (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feltons

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Felton
British actor, singer and musician, born 1987
Rebecca Latimer Felton
American politician (1835-1930)
Verna Felton
American actress (1890–1966)
Raymond Felton
American basketball player (born 1984)
Charles N. Felton
American politician (1832–1914)
Mark Felton
British author, historian, and YouTuber, born 1974
Lavelle Felton
American basketball player (1979-2009)
William Harrell Felton
American politician (1823–1909)
Frank Fenton
American actor (1906–1957)

Notable Feltons come mostly from the United States (7) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Felton

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Felton come from?: From Old English feld (“field”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Felton?: 16,044 people in the United States had the surname Felton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,244 Americans. It ranked 2,266th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Felton?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Felton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Felton?: Tom Felton, British actor, singer and musician, followed by Rebecca Latimer Felton.
Where is the surname Felton most common?: Wikidata records people named Felton in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Felton?: Felton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Felton getting more or less common?: More common. 15,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,044 in 2010, up 2.0%.