The Feinberg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,596 people carried this name — #7,255 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 4,708 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

27 people named Feinberg is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 27

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Feinberg in American newspapers,
1905–1913.

Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Feinberg
The Hattiesburg News 1912-08-20
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Feinberg
Daily Kennebec Journal 1905-01-06
Newspaper page from The Voice Of The People carrying the name Feinberg
The Voice Of The People 1913-12-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,071 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Feinberg in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.

438 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Feinberg. The most, 83, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 162
Victoria 154
Western Australia 105
Queensland 8
ACT (Canberra) 5
South Australia 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Feinberg.

Who carried it

People named Feinberg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Yitzchok Feinberg
    Yitzchok Feinberg 1822–1912 · physician
  • Gabriel Feinberg
    Gabriel Feinberg 1825–1904 · rabbi
  • Salomon Feinberg d. 1893 · merchant
  • Rosa Feinberg 1840–1917 · salonnière
  • Eugenie Feinberg 1852–1943
  • Adolf Feinberg 1867–1940

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Feinberg,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States3,110 records

3,110 records of the Feinberg name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,863
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 374
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 374
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 364
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 89
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William V. Feinberg

    Born 1922 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; sales clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Scheine Feinberg

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Belgravia from Cuxhaven, aged 18; servant. From Kobign, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph Feinberg

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1938, died 1998; buried at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Union Grove, Wisconsin.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 3,110 records for Feinberg in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Feinberg name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Barnett Feinberg

    Arrived in Queensland in 1884 aboard the Linlithgowshire, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sarah Feinberg

    Retired boxmaker of Kew, Victoria; died 1980.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jos Feinberg

    Arrived in Victoria in 1907 aboard the Gneisenau, aged 55.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Feinberg in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Norway10 records

10 records of the Feinberg name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Samuel Josef Feinberg

    Census of 1910: Torvgate, Kristiania; born 1864 in Russisk Polen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Anna Feinberg

    Census of 1910: Torvgate, Kristiania; born 1872 in Russisk Polen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Elias Feinberg

    Census of 1910: Ullevaal Sykehus, avd. D, Aker; born 1894 in Kristiania.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Feinberg in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Feinberg name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record David Feinberg

    Born 1902 in Poland; died 1991 in Valence (Drôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Sacha Feinberg

    Born 1915 in Asnières-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine); died 1998 in Sens (Yonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henri Feinberg

    Born 1905 in Poland; died 1992 in Chevreuse (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Feinberg name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Morris Feinberg

    Buried in 1971 at Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Morris B. Feinberg

    Married 1914 in Sterling, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Feinberg name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Editha Feinberg

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1884 in San Francisco.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Rosalie Feinberg

    In a population register; born 1880.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Feinberg name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ernst Feinberg

    From Berlin. Reported missing in the German casualty list of 26 June 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 65).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Feinberg in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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