The Felber surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,192 people carried this name — #21,811 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is down 11% from 1,335 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,824 people named Felber live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 77 people named Felber.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 63 people named Felber live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Felber,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Felber the elder d. 1439
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Leonhard Felber 1565–1614 · Lutheran pastor
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Leonhard Felber 1602–1672
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Anna Felber 1634–1701
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Johann Felber 1747–1813 · burgomaster
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Jost Felber 1750–1835
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Felber.
- Feil 1,070 · U.S. census
- Feist 3,784 · U.S. census
- Feit 767 · U.S. census
- Feith 309 · U.S. census
- Feix 168 · U.S. census
- Fekete 2,027 · U.S. census
- Feld 2,766 · U.S. census
- Felden 144 · U.S. census
- Felder 13,257 · U.S. census
- Feldman 23,356 · U.S. census
- Feldmann 2,812 · U.S. census
- Felice 3,333 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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