Feld History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Feld Ranking

In the United States, the name Feld is the 11,388^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Feld migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Feld Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jo Feld, aged 20, who landed in Virginia in 1635 2
Tho Feld, aged 18, who arrived in Isla de Providencia in 1635 aboard the ship "Expectation" 2

Feld Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Albrech Feld, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737 2
George Feld, who landed in New York, NY in 1782 2

Feld Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Feld, aged 30, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1845 2
Herm Heinrick Feld, aged 36, who arrived in Missouri in 1848 2
Maria Feld, aged 11, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1848 2
Miss Feld, who landed in North America in 1848 2
Anna Katharina Feld, aged 31, who arrived in America in 1872 2
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Feld migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Feld Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Johann Feld, aged 26, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Golden Sea" in 1874

Contemporary Notables of the name Feld (post 1700) +

Nicholas Feld (b. 1915), American career diplomat
Irvin Feld (1918-1984), American promoter and long time owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Eliot Feld (b. 1942), American dancer and choreographer
Sylvan Feld, American fighter pilot and flying ace in the U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II, credited with 9 aerial victories
Nicholas Feld, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Zurich, 1939; Madras, 1943 3
Liz Feld, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Senate 37th District, 2008 3
Benjamin L. Feld, American politician, Candidate for New York State Senate 3rd District, 1962 3
Aaron Spencer Feld (1891-1987), American Democratic Party politician, Member of New York State Assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1925-26 3
Bernard Feld (b. 1919), who as a physicist worked on the Manhattan Project during the Second World War
Jindøich Feld (1925-2007), Czech composer

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html