# Fiedler (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fiedler/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,403 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,777 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,705 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (7,144 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Occupational surname, borrowed from German Fiedler (“fiddler”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fiedler in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fiedler in the United States.

## People named Fiedler

- John Fiedler, American actor (1925–2005)
- Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (1894-1979)
- Bill Fiedler, American soccer player (1910-1985)
- Leslie Fiedler, American literary critic (1917–2003)
- Bobbi Fiedler, American politician (1937–2019)

## Similar surnames

Fidler.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.