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    The surname Fetterolf

    A German surname, carried by 1,072 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F364

    Fetterolf: #23,647 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fetterolf #23,647, 1,072 people Fetterolf: #23,647 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fetterolf #23,647, 1,072 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fetterolf is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Ultimately of German origin.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,072 people named Fetterolf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,060.

    #23,647
    rank among US surnames
    1,072
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,637)

    Who is named Fetterolf

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

    97% of people named Fetterolf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Fetherolf

    Fetterolf has the Soundex code F364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F364.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fetterolf come from?
    Ultimately of German origin.
    How common is the surname Fetterolf?
    1,072 people in the United States had the surname Fetterolf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fetterolf?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Fetterolf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fetterolf getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, up 1.1%.
    What are other spellings of Fetterolf?
    Fetherolf.