How common is the surname Fletcher?

83,063 people in the United States had the surname Fletcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,717 Americans. It ranked 382nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fletcher?

Louise Fletcher, American actress (1934–2022), followed by Ernie Fletcher.

Where is the surname Fletcher most common?

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

How do you pronounce Fletcher?

Fletcher is /ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Fletcher getting more or less common?

More common. 80,932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 83,063 in 2010, up 2.6%.

Is Fletcher also a first name?

Yes. Fletcher is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fletcher

An occupational surname, carried by 83,063 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex F432 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fletcher is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

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

Fletcher 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 83,063 people named Fletcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,717 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 80,932.

#382

rank among US surnames

83,063

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #352)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#373	Thornton	83,967	3,677
#374	Wolfe	83,928	3,679
#375	Warner	83,781	3,685
#376	Cabrera	83,621	3,692
#377	McKinney	83,616	3,692
#378	Mann	83,510	3,697
#379	Zimmerman	83,265	3,708

Who is named Fletcher

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

73% of people named Fletcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fletchers

30 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Louise Fletcher
American actress (1934–2022)
Ernie Fletcher
American politician, born 1952
Anne Fletcher
American actress, film director and choreographer, born 1966
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, 1838–1923
Geoffrey S. Fletcher
American screenwriter, born 1970
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, born 1996

Notable Fletchers come mostly from the United States (23), Australia (4) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fletcher

Fletcher has the Soundex code F432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F432.

Questions

Where does the surname Fletcher come from?: English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.
How common is the surname Fletcher?: 83,063 people in the United States had the surname Fletcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,717 Americans. It ranked 382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fletcher?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Fletcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fletcher?: Louise Fletcher, American actress (1934–2022), followed by Ernie Fletcher.
Where is the surname Fletcher most common?: Wikidata records people named Fletcher in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Fletcher?: Fletcher is /ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Fletcher?: Fletcher is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Fletcher getting more or less common?: More common. 80,932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 83,063 in 2010, up 2.6%.
Is Fletcher also a first name?: Yes. Fletcher is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.