How common is the surname Fey?

3,588 people in the United States had the surname Fey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,049 Americans. It ranked 9,108th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fey?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fey?

Tina Fey, American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright, followed by Emil Fey.

Where is the surname Fey most common?

Wikidata records people named Fey in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Fey getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,588 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Fey

A surname, carried by 3,588 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fey is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,588 people named Fey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,049 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,674.

#9,108

rank among US surnames

3,588

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,294)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,100	Blow	3,590	86,002
#9,104	Pavon	3,589	86,026
#9,108	Wiest	3,588	86,049
#9,112	Springfield	3,586	86,097
#9,113	Vanhoose	3,585	86,121
#9,114	Sankey	3,584	86,146
#9,117	Privett	3,583	86,170

Who is named Fey

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

94% of people named Fey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright, born 1970
Emil Fey
Austrian politician and warrior (1886-1938)
William R. Fey
American priest, 1942–2021

Notable Feys come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fey

Fey has the Soundex code F000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F000.

Questions

How common is the surname Fey?: 3,588 people in the United States had the surname Fey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,049 Americans. It ranked 9,108th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fey?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fey?: Tina Fey, American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright, followed by Emil Fey.
Where is the surname Fey most common?: Wikidata records people named Fey in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Fey getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,588 in 2010, down 2.3%.