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    The surname Fichter

    A surname, carried by 2,113 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F236

    Fichter: #14,208 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fichter #14,208, 2,113 people Fichter: #14,208 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fichter #14,208, 2,113 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fichter is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,113 people named Fichter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,117 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,917.

    #14,208
    rank among US surnames
    2,113
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,328)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,201Neher2,114146,048
    #14,208Sprayberry2,113146,117
    #14,213Fodor2,112146,186
    #14,215Cruickshank2,111146,256

    Who is named Fichter

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

    95% of people named Fichter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fichter

    Fichter has the Soundex code F236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fichter?
    2,113 people in the United States had the surname Fichter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,117 Americans. It ranked 14,208th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fichter?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fichter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fichter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,113 in 2010, up 10%.