How common is the surname Fleischer?

3,981 people in the United States had the surname Fleischer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,555 Americans. It ranked 8,323rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fleischer?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fleischer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fleischer?

Charles Fleischer, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and musician (born 1950), followed by Ruben Fleischer.

Where is the surname Fleischer most common?

Wikidata records people named Fleischer in the United States.

Is the surname Fleischer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,981 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Fleischer

A German surname, carried by 3,981 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fleischer is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Fleischer.

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 3,981 people named Fleischer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,555 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,947.

#8,323

rank among US surnames

3,981

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,762)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,317	Odle	3,984	77,496
#8,320	Michalak	3,983	77,516
#8,322	Kantor	3,982	77,535
#8,323	Fleischer	3,981	77,555
#8,328	Bowker	3,980	77,574
#8,330	Sawicki	3,977	77,633

Who is named Fleischer

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

93% of people named Fleischer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fleischers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Fleischer
American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and musician (born 1950)
Ruben Fleischer
American film director, born 1974
Richard Fleischer
American film director (1916–2006)
Max Fleischer
American animator, inventor, film director and producer (1883-1972)
Dave Fleischer
American animation film director and film producer (1894-1979)
Ari Fleischer
American media consultant (born 1960)
Dean Fleischer Camp
American director and filmmaker, born 1982
Nat Fleischer
American writer and magazine founder (1887–1972)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fleischer

Fleischer has the Soundex code F426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F426.

Other German surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Fleischer come from?: Borrowed from German Fleischer.
How common is the surname Fleischer?: 3,981 people in the United States had the surname Fleischer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,555 Americans. It ranked 8,323rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fleischer?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fleischer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fleischer?: Charles Fleischer, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and musician (born 1950), followed by Ruben Fleischer.
Where is the surname Fleischer most common?: Wikidata records people named Fleischer in the United States.
Is the surname Fleischer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,981 in 2010, up 0.9%.