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

The Fleck surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,852 people carried this name — #4,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 8,516 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 585 people named Fleck.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Haut-Rhin 166
Bas-Rhin 121
Paris 51
Moselle 49
Vosges 49
Nord 14
Aube 9
Hauts-de-Seine 9

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 135 people named Fleck 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 83
Buenos Aires Province 30
Córdoba 22

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

113 people named Fleck live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 31
Aargau 19
Thurgau 9
Vaud 9
Geneva 8
Basel-Stadt 7
Bern 7
St. Gallen 7

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 the Nordic population registers

25 people named Fleck is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 25

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

Fleck in American newspapers,
1924.

Newspaper page from The Wolf Point Herald carrying the name Fleck
The Wolf Point Herald 1924-10-02
Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Fleck
The Kevin Review 1924-10-02
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Fleck
The Poplar Standard 1924-10-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94,061 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fleck,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Matthaeus Fleck
    Matthaeus Fleck 1524–1592
  • Gabriel Fleck d. 1890 · architect
  • Ernst Fleck d. 1884
  • Agnes Hendry Duncan d. 1947
  • Konrad Fleck 1200–1300 · writer
  • Vitalis Fleck 1500–1477 · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Fleck 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.

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