Felt Surname

80,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,012 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Felt Surname Definition:

(German) Dweller in the field.

Felt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,8171:75,2468,624
France3521:188,70129,353
Haiti1431:74,7134,012
Canada1311:281,26426,302
Czechia851:125,10020,092
England721:773,86242,299
Poland601:633,47956,390
Finland561:98,15510,071
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
Australia281:964,13257,058
Estonia271:48,9569,235
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Iran161:4,798,908119,068
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Norway61:857,04855,549
India61:127,844,230863,365
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
China41:341,830,39216,990
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland221:201,3589,557
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
Guernsey91:3,628639
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3261:37,8724,487

Felt (49) may also be a first name.

Felt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Dweller in the field.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Felt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Felt Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Felt (Arabic: فلت, Russian: Фелт) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Felt? popularity and diffusion

It is the 80,914th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,212,167 people. The surname Felt is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Felt reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 49 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 4,817 people, or 1 in 75,246. In The United States Felt is most frequent in: Utah, where 10 percent live, New York, where 7 percent live and Minnesota, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Felt exists in 45 countries. It is also found in France, where 6 percent live and Haiti, where 2 percent live.

Felt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Felt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Felt surname increased 363 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 232 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 91 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Felt Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Felt surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Felt last name are 12.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Felt earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0.04% more than the national average, earning R 237,732 per year; in United States they earn 9.01% more than the national average, earning $47,035 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.96% more than the national average, earning $53,141 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Felts899,311/
Feldt895,308/
Felte89184/
Fielt8990/
Felth8989/
Feltt8969/
Åfelt8951/
Fellt8913/
Faelt8910/
Øfelt899/
Feltd891/
Fel862,092/
Flt869/
Feltch80251/
Åfeldt80180/
Pfeltz8073/
Feldtz8028/
Øfeldt8027/
Åhfelt8016/
Feldte805/
Faeldt804/
Felths803/
Fieldt801/
Feltsj801/
Faelth801/
Fellts801/
Fesltz800/
Pfuelt800/
Feelts800/
Fell7522,474/
Fiel7517,173/
Feld7511,625/
Fehl752,128/
Fält752,084/
Fuel751,834/
Fesl751,323/
Velt75971/
Fael75451/
Flet75387/
Feel75338/
Filt75207/
Flåt75118/
Foel7566/
Feul7534/
Pfel7527/
Felh7518/
Flte7512/
Felp758/
Fylt758/
Fldt754/
Fælt753/
Fltz751/
Ffel751/
Fæel751/
Pflt751/
Fllt751/
Fltp751/
Fflt751/
Feltová7374/
Åhfeldt7343/
Feltsch737/
Feltova735/
Field6784,070/
Flett678,144/
Flete672,810/
Veldt671,201/
Foell671,101/
Fäldt67731/
Fuell67615/
Fl67505/
Filtz67482/
Fälth67372/
Foehl67278/
Pfiel67261/
Fiehl67246/
Fleth67119/
Flått67119/
Felhő67101/
Faehl6752/
Fylts6743/
Fiell6742/
Feesl6737/
Filts6727/
Felds6727/
Fegli6723/
Feell6722/
Phelt6721/
Pfell6721/
Velth6715/
Fuehl6712/
Flets6710/
Fløtt678/
Feldh678/
Veltt677/
Felcz676/
Fælth675/
Fislt672/
Filte672/
Feldz672/
Fehel672/
Fellh672/
Föltz672/
Fültz672/
Pfuel671/
Feull671/
Feehl671/
Feeld671/
Felld671/
Faeld671/
Faell671/
Fylte671/
Wfell671/
Feelp671/
Vielt671/
Vellt671/
Fældt671/
Feeltsch671/
Feldė671/
Filth671/
Ffelh671/
Pfehl670/
Felph670/
Fledt670/
Veelt670/
Pfael670/
Pfeul670/
Voelt670/

Felt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Felt in the Russian language
Фелтfelt-
Felt in the Arabic language
فلتflt-

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Felt Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Felt
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