Featherstone is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 12 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Featherstone
No. of characters: 12
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Featherstone

How popular is Featherstone?

Featherstone is common in South Africa.

Featherstone is ranked 40639 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Featherstone bearers increased by 5.204945 per cent in 2010 US census to 3234 since 2000, the surname slipped by 279 spots and ranked at 9976. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.08 69.71
Black 25.17 25.63
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.5
Others 2.07 1.69
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.62 0.91
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.55
Featherstone is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 12030 people have been found who wears Featherstone as their family name. Featherstone is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
13,220 Thailand6
6,270 Hong Kong3
184,212 France3
2,967 Vietnam3
14,054 China3
14,521 Portugal2
65,594 Belgium2
18,625 Japan2
10,395 Latvia2
26,123 Malaysia2
124,220 Italy2
54,135 Philippines2
118,441 Germany2
10,683 Cyprus1
169,904 Brazil1
49,101 Denmark1
7,314 Bolivia1
1,879 Belize1
810,193 Indonesia1
3,071 Jersey1
7,790 Zambia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
81,201 Switzerland1
17,768 Pakistan1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,461 Netherlands40
11,685 Singapore24
416 Guernsey24
66,739 Spain24
699 Isle of Man21
4,083 Guyana19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,308 Ireland82
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
Countries with hundreds of Featherstone:
3,248 Australia949
4,923 Canada901
3,258 New Zealand234
3,417 Scotland184
3,094 Wales124
Countries with thousands of Featherstone:
1,827 England4,377
9,604 United States3,818
5,921 South Africa1,096
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Harriett Featherstone worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 16 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on February 23, 1849. Immigrant Eliza Featherstone, Mary Featherstone (26) Immigrant, Thomas Featherstone (3), Jasper Featherstone, aged Born at sea, Jno. Featherstone (30) Immigrant, 13 years old Ann Featherstone, Darby Featherstone (11) Immigrant, Pat Featherstone, aged 10, and 9 other Featherstone around 60% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Featherstone Namesakes

  • Angela Featherstone, Actress
  • Claudius Cyprian Featherstone, Lawyer
  • Claudius Cyprian Featherstone, Lawyer
  • Donald Featherstone, Author
  • Simon Featherstone, Diplomat
  • Lynne Featherstone, British member of Parliament
  • Angela Featherstone, Actress
  • Lynne Featherstone, British member of Parliament
  • Don Featherstone, Artist
  • Donald Featherstone, Author
  • Sam Featherstone characterized the leading role of Lewis Grady in 2010 comedy and family film Unitards.

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