The FEATHER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	2,528	11433	0.001	9
United States (1880 census)	699	7368	0.001	14
Change since 1880	+1829	-4065	0	-5
Other Countries
Australia	138	10686	0.001	8
United Kingdom	1,026	5164	0.002	22

Top States for FEATHER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Pennsylvania	446	3420	0.004	36
West Virginia	156	1639	0.009	86
Florida	132	13377	0.001	8
California	117	20020	0.000	3
Illinois	116	11437	0.001	9
Top States for FEATHER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
West Virginia	156	1639	0.009	86
South Dakota	54	2117	0.007	72
Rhode Island	43	3689	0.004	41
Pennsylvania	446	3420	0.004	36
North Dakota	20	5764	0.003	31

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FEATHER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FEATHER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FEATHER in Pennsylvania than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FEATHER by picking someone at random in West Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FEATHER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the FEATHER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the FEATHER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of FEATHER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Native American/Alaskan	208	8.23
Mixed Race	43	1.7
White (Hispanic)	36	1.42
Black/African American	21	0.83
Asian/Pacific	6	0.24
White (Caucasian)	2,214	87.58

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FEATHER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to FEATHER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FEATHER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.