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Feller Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Feller, Fellerman, Fellner, Felman, Felltrager and many more.

Feller Ranking

In the United States, the name Feller is the 5,585th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Feller is ranked the 9,167th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 2


United States Feller migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Feller Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Timo Feller, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 3
Feller Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Nicolaus Feller, who landed in New York in 1709 3
  • Niclaus Feller, who arrived in New York, NY in 1710 3
  • Anna Feller, aged 50, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732 3
  • Adam Feller, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737 3
  • Barabara Feller, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Feller Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • George Feller, aged 30, who landed in Missouri in 1840 3
  • Mr. Ph. Carl Feller, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Arminius", he died
  • Mrs. Sophie Feller, (nee Jung), German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Arminius"
  • Mr. Carl Feller, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Arminius"
  • Mr. Thomas Feller, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Arminius"
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Feller migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Feller Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Ludovig Feller, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1749

Contemporary Notables of the name Feller (post 1700) +

  • Kathryn Feller (b. 1969), American animation voice actress
  • James Patrick "Happy" Feller (b. 1949), former American football kicker
  • Catherine Feller, American actor and educator
  • Sherm Feller (1918-1994), American musical composer and radio personality
  • Richard Dean "Dick" Feller (b. 1943), American country musician and songwriter
  • Robert William Andrew "Bob" Feller (1918-2010), American Major League Baseball pitcher, one of the best right-handed pitchers in baseball history
  • William Feller (1906-1970), American mathematician
  • John W. Feller, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Rochester, Minnesota, 1935-53 (acting, 1935) 4
  • Fred M. Feller, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2008 4
  • E. Lee Feller, American politician, Member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1973 4
  • ... (Another 15 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


Suggested Readings for the name Feller +

  • The Descendants of Peter Etring (Etringer) of Luxemburg (also Feller) by Theodore E. Rischard.
  • The Descedndants of John Feller, Sr.: A History and Genealogy, 1798-1934 by Louis P. Dissly.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. 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)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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