How common is the surname Fetter?

3,944 people in the United States had the surname Fetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,282 Americans. It ranked 8,392nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fetter?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fetter?

Frank Fetter, American economist (1863-1949).

Where is the surname Fetter most common?

Wikidata records people named Fetter in the United States.

Is the surname Fetter getting more or less common?

More common. 3,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,944 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Fetter

A surname, carried by 3,944 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fetter is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,944 people named Fetter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,282 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,837.

#8,392

rank among US surnames

3,944

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,987)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,386	Salamanca	3,947	78,223
#8,388	Board	3,946	78,243
#8,389	Pohlman	3,945	78,262
#8,392	Valera	3,944	78,282
#8,394	Halley	3,943	78,302

Who is named Fetter

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

94% of people named Fetter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fetters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Fetter
American economist (1863-1949)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fetter

Fetter has the Soundex code F360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F360.

Questions

How common is the surname Fetter?: 3,944 people in the United States had the surname Fetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,282 Americans. It ranked 8,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fetter?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fetter?: Frank Fetter, American economist (1863-1949).
Where is the surname Fetter most common?: Wikidata records people named Fetter in the United States.
Is the surname Fetter getting more or less common?: More common. 3,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,944 in 2010, up 2.8%.