Explore the Family Name Fetrow

The meaning of Fetrow

Americanized form of German Fedrow: unexplained. Compare Fittro. History: The Fetrows trace their origin to John Philip Fedrow (1719–91) and his wife, Anna Mary Bose, both from Germany, who were living in Newberry, York County, PA, by 1760.

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How common is the last name Fetrow in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Fetrow has seen a slight decrease in popularity over the years. In 2000, it was ranked as the 29,904th most popular surname, but fell to the 30,767th spot in 2010, reflecting a change of -2.89%. However, the count of individuals with this surname did increase slightly from 741 in 2000 to 757 in 2010, indicating a growth rate of 2.16%. The proportion per 100,000 people dropped slightly from 0.27 to 0.26 during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,904	#30,767	-2.89%
Count	741	757	2.16%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.26	-3.7%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fetrow

In terms of ethnic identity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Fetrow surname identify as White—95.95% in 2000 and 93.53% in 2010. There was a significant increase in those identifying with two or more races, rising from 0.81% in 2000 to 2.38% in 2010, which is a change of 193.83%. There was also a notable increase in the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic, growing from 2.16% in 2000 to 2.91% in 2010. The percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander remained fairly steady at about 0.66-0.67%, while no individuals identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.95%	93.53%	-2.52%
Hispanic	2.16%	2.91%	34.72%
Two or More Races	0.81%	2.38%	193.83%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.67%	0.66%	-1.49%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%