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 most in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Féller. For other potential spellings of Feller click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Feller? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 20,963rd most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 279,946 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Feller live; 44 percent live in Western Europe and 38 percent live in Germanic Europe. Feller is also the 794,286th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 136 people.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 8,909 people, or 1 in 40,685. In The United States Feller is mostly found in: New York, where 8 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Indiana, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 80 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 27 percent live and Switzerland, where 6 percent live.
Feller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Feller has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Feller last name expanded 788 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,056 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 233 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Feller Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (97%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those bearing the Feller surname are 20.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.32% registered to vote for the political 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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