# Fletcher (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation, from the profession of fletcher.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 83,063 |
| US rank (2010) | 382 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,717 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (80,932 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fletcher 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fletcher in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Fletcher

- Louise Fletcher, American actress (1934–2022)
- Ernie Fletcher, American politician
- Anne Fletcher, American actress, film director and choreographer
- Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (1940–2006)
- Harvey Fletcher, American physicist (1884-1981)
- John Gould Fletcher, American writer (1886–1950)
- Alice Cunningham Fletcher, American ethnologist
- Geoffrey S. Fletcher, American screenwriter
- Caroline Fletcher, American diver (1906–1998)
- James C. Fletcher, American academic and NASA Administrator (1919-1991)
- Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, American politician (born 1975)
- Elliot Fletcher, American actor and musician

and 18 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Fulcher, Flesher, Fleisher, Fletes, Fields, Fultz, Foltz, Felts, Fults, Feltz, Folds, Feldkamp.

## 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.