The Felter surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,684 people carried this name — #15,861 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
71 people named Felter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 81 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Podlaskie.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Felter.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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 print
Felter in American newspapers,
1875–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,480,540 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Felter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Harvey Wickes Felter 1865–1927 · herbalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 19 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Felter.
- Feller 6,650 · U.S. census
- Felli 127 · U.S. census
- Fellrath 127 · U.S. census
- Fels 802 · U.S. census
- Felt 3,281 · U.S. census
- Felten 1,297 · U.S. census
- Feltz 1,685 · U.S. census
- Fend 179 · U.S. census
- Fender 5,791 · U.S. census
- Fendrich 239 · U.S. census
- Fendt 393 · U.S. census
- Fenech 529 · U.S. census
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