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The Felten surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,578 people carried this name — #17,752 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 22% from 1,297 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Felten surname

From German Felten (also spelt Velten), from the given name Valentine.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Felten» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 453 people named Felten.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Bas-Rhin 89
Moselle 84
Paris 83
Meurthe-et-Moselle 58
Meuse 17
Aube 13
Marne 11
Haut-Rhin 9

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 173 people named Felten live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 100
Liège 67
Namur 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 121 people named Felten 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 Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 93
Buenos Aires Province 15
Tierra del Fuego 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

28 people named Felten is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 28

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).

Who carried it

People named Felten,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Theodor Felten d. 1827 · entrepreneur
  • Joseph Felten 1799–1880 · architect
  • Eugenius Felten 1845–1920
  • Joseph Felten 1851–1929 · Catholic theologian
  • Wilhelm Felten 1856–1929 · historian
  • Felicitas Rosa Felten-Stoltzenberg 1882–1958 · physician

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

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Surnames next to Felten.

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