How common is the surname Flesher?

2,966 people in the United States had the surname Flesher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,095 Americans. It ranked 10,756th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Flesher?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Flesher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Flesher getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,966 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Flesher

An occupational surname, carried by 2,966 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). Flesher is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

* As an English occupational surname, from the noun flesher. Sometimes confused with Fletcher. * As a German surname, Americanized from Fleischer.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,966 people named Flesher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,095 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,006.

#10,756

rank among US surnames

2,966

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,901)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,748	Hocking	2,969	103,990
#10,751	Caffey	2,968	104,025
#10,755	Moloney	2,967	104,060
#10,756	Bellard	2,966	104,095
#10,758	Butera	2,965	104,130
#10,763	Campanella	2,964	104,165

Who is named Flesher

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

95% of people named Flesher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flesher

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

Questions

Where does the surname Flesher come from?: * As an English occupational surname, from the noun flesher. Sometimes confused with Fletcher. * As a German surname, Americanized from Fleischer.
How common is the surname Flesher?: 2,966 people in the United States had the surname Flesher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,095 Americans. It ranked 10,756th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flesher?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Flesher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Flesher?: Flesher is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Flesher getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,966 in 2010, down 1.3%.