How common is the surname Felty?

3,100 people in the United States had the surname Felty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,595 Americans. It ranked 10,395th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Felty?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Felty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Felty getting more or less common?

More common. 3,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,100 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Felty

A surname, carried by 3,100 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Felty is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,100 people named Felty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,595 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,001.

#10,395

rank among US surnames

3,100

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,922)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,387	Tyus	3,102	99,531
#10,391	Carnevale	3,101	99,563
#10,395	Felty	3,100	99,595
#10,396	Vasques	3,099	99,627
#10,402	Faller	3,097	99,692

Who is named Felty

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

95% of people named Felty identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Felty

Felty 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 Felty?: 3,100 people in the United States had the surname Felty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,595 Americans. It ranked 10,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Felty?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Felty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Felty getting more or less common?: More common. 3,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,100 in 2010, up 3.3%.