How common is the surname Fessler?

3,316 people in the United States had the surname Fessler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,108 Americans. It ranked 9,770th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fessler?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fessler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fessler getting more or less common?

More common. 3,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,316 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Fessler

A surname, carried by 3,316 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fessler is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,316 people named Fessler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,108 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,239.

#9,770

rank among US surnames

3,316

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,257)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,761	Struck	3,320	92,996
#9,765	Channell	3,318	93,052
#9,767	Percival	3,317	93,080
#9,770	Parekh	3,316	93,108
#9,777	Petrick	3,315	93,136
#9,778	Shenk	3,314	93,164

Who is named Fessler

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

96% of people named Fessler identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
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 Fessler

Fessler has the Soundex code F246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F246.

Questions

How common is the surname Fessler?: 3,316 people in the United States had the surname Fessler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,108 Americans. It ranked 9,770th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fessler?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fessler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fessler getting more or less common?: More common. 3,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,316 in 2010, up 2.4%.