Fehrenbach surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Fehrenbach surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,016 people carried this name — #24,593 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 968 in 2000.

Share

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Fehrenbach.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Haut-Rhin 36
Bas-Rhin 31
Paris 13
Seine-Maritime 4
Yvelines 3
Var 3
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 2
Meuse 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

58 people named Fehrenbach live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 14
Zurich 14
Aargau 9
Thurgau 8
Basel-Landschaft 5
Basel-Stadt 5
St. Gallen 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Fehrenbach,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Salomon Fehrenbach 1812–1892 · lawyer
  • Elizabeth Mary Ann Finnie 1843–
  • Constantin Fehrenbach 1852–1926 · lawyer
  • Eduard Ludwig Fehrenbach 1855–1886 · illustrator
  • Lucy Fehrenbach 1856– · painter
  • Jozef Fehrenbach 1880–1950 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Fehrenbach is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

Scroll to Top