Feller Surname
Approximately 26,032 people bear this surname
Feller Surname Definition:
(German) One who dealt in furs.
Feller Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,909 | 1:40,685 | 5,001 |
| Germany | 7,100 | 1:11,339 | 1,452 |
| Switzerland | 1,691 | 1:4,857 | 720 |
| Russia | 1,541 | 1:93,526 | 11,607 |
| Brazil | 1,519 | 1:140,931 | 5,385 |
| France | 992 | 1:66,958 | 9,253 |
| Netherlands | 692 | 1:24,403 | 3,974 |
| Luxembourg | 454 | 1:1,279 | 123 |
| Argentina | 413 | 1:103,495 | 8,759 |
| Belgium | 371 | 1:30,988 | 5,012 |
| Philippines | 274 | 1:369,483 | 48,797 |
| Canada | 264 | 1:139,567 | 14,363 |
| England | 190 | 1:293,253 | 22,497 |
| Austria | 185 | 1:46,029 | 7,363 |
| Suriname | 179 | 1:3,087 | 523 |
| Hungary | 161 | 1:60,971 | 6,336 |
| Italy | 158 | 1:387,068 | 44,030 |
| Kazakhstan | 141 | 1:125,408 | 13,141 |
| Uruguay | 112 | 1:30,641 | 3,531 |
| Australia | 111 | 1:243,205 | 22,593 |
| Poland | 102 | 1:372,635 | 40,973 |
| Ukraine | 46 | 1:989,624 | 92,482 |
| Chile | 37 | 1:476,121 | 12,335 |
| Czechia | 35 | 1:303,813 | 38,544 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Israel | 27 | 1:316,949 | 27,106 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Croatia | 16 | 1:264,288 | 27,725 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 1:853,236 | 52,732 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1:1,929,824 | 23,635 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,130 | 1:44,441 | 5,154 |
The alternate forms: Féller (1) are calculated separately.
Feller (136) may also be a first name.
Feller Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who dealt in furs.
(from an ancestor's occupation) Fell means “hide” or “skin” in German and in Yiddish. Jews were in the hide trade for many years as the following names indicated: Feller, Fellerman, Fellner, Felman, Felltrager, Filler.
Feller Demographics
Feller Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Feller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Feller Come From? nationality or country of origin
Feller (Russian: Феллер) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Féller. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Feller? popularity and diffusion
The last name Feller is the 20,963rd most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 279,946 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Feller reside; 44 percent reside in Western Europe and 38 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 794,286th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 136 people.
The last name Feller is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 8,909 people, or 1 in 40,685. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 8 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Indiana, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 80 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 27 percent are found and Switzerland, where 6 percent are found.
Feller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Feller has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Feller surname increased 788 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,056 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 233 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Feller Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (97%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States Feller are 20.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.32% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Feller earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.55% less than the national average, earning 209,195 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 12.89% more than the national average, earning R 268,260 per year; in United States they earn 7.86% more than the national average, earning $46,539 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.62% more than the national average, earning $51,484 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Feller Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Feller in the Russian language | ||
| Феллер | feller | - |
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Feller Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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