How common is the surname Fiedler?

7,403 people in the United States had the surname Fiedler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,705 Americans. It ranked 4,777th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fiedler?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fiedler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fiedler?

John Fiedler, American actor (1925–2005), followed by Arthur Fiedler.

Where is the surname Fiedler most common?

Wikidata records people named Fiedler in the United States.

Is the surname Fiedler getting more or less common?

More common. 7,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,403 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Fiedler

A German occupational surname, carried by 7,403 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F346

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fiedler is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Fiedler is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 7,403 people named Fiedler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,705 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,144.

#4,777

rank among US surnames

7,403

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,559)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,768	McDevitt	7,425	41,582
#4,769	Carnahan	7,424	41,587
#4,770	Falcone	7,423	41,593
#4,771	Grim	7,418	41,621
#4,772	Ching	7,417	41,627
#4,774	Whitehurst	7,412	41,655
#4,775	Lew	7,410	41,666

Who is named Fiedler

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

95% of people named Fiedler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fiedlers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fiedler

Fidler

Fiedler has the Soundex code F346, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F346.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fiedler come from?: Occupational surname, borrowed from German Fiedler (“fiddler”).
How common is the surname Fiedler?: 7,403 people in the United States had the surname Fiedler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,705 Americans. It ranked 4,777th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fiedler?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fiedler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fiedler?: John Fiedler, American actor (1925–2005), followed by Arthur Fiedler.
Where is the surname Fiedler most common?: Wikidata records people named Fiedler in the United States.
What type of surname is Fiedler?: Fiedler is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Fiedler getting more or less common?: More common. 7,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,403 in 2010, up 3.6%.