How common is the surname Fleck?

8,852 people in the United States had the surname Fleck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,879 Americans. It ranked 4,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fleck?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fleck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fleck?

Luise Fleck, Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer (1873–1950), followed by Béla Fleck.

Where is the surname Fleck most common?

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

Is the surname Fleck getting more or less common?

More common. 8,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,852 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Fleck

A surname, carried by 8,852 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fleck is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,852 people named Fleck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,879 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,516.

#4,012

rank among US surnames

8,852

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,831)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,004	Grabowski	8,877	34,780
#4,005	Vickery	8,874	34,792
#4,006	Loy	8,868	34,816
#4,007	Marte	8,867	34,820
#4,008	Rodarte	8,860	34,847
#4,009	Burnside	8,859	34,851
#4,010	Hermann	8,858	34,855

Who is named Fleck

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

95% of people named Fleck identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flecks

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luise Fleck
Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer (1873–1950)
Béla Fleck
American banjo player, born 1958
Jacob Fleck
Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman (1881–1953)
Ryan Fleck
American film director and screenwriter, born 1976

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fleck

Fleck has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

Questions

How common is the surname Fleck?: 8,852 people in the United States had the surname Fleck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,879 Americans. It ranked 4,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fleck?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fleck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fleck?: Luise Fleck, Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer (1873–1950), followed by Béla Fleck.
Where is the surname Fleck most common?: Wikidata records people named Fleck in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Fleck getting more or less common?: More common. 8,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,852 in 2010, up 3.9%.