Find out how popular the last name Fedor is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Fedor.

Fedor, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Fedor surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Fedor in America

Fedor is the 10844th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Fedor surname appeared 2,937 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Fedor.

We can also compare 2010 data for Fedor to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Fedor

The surname FEDOR has its origins in Russia, dating back to the 10th century. It is a patronymic name, derived from the Russian masculine given name Fedor, which itself comes from the Greek name Theodoros, meaning "gift of God."

In early Russian records, the surname was often spelled as Fedorov or Fedorovich, indicating the son of Fedor. The name was particularly common among the lower classes and peasantry in medieval Russia.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name FEDOR can be found in the Veliky Novgorod chronicles, which mention a boyar (nobleman) named Fedor Boriatinsky in the 13th century. The Novgorod Republic was a prominent medieval Russian state centered around the city of Novgorod.

During the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, several notable individuals bore the surname FEDOR, including Fedor Basmanov, a military commander and close associate of the Tsar, and Fedor Kolychev, a diplomat and ambassador to England.

In the 17th century, Fedor Alekseyevich Romanov, the son of Tsar Alexis I, ruled as the Tsar of Russia from 1676 to 1682. His reign saw the expansion of Russian territories and the consolidation of the Romanov dynasty's power.

Another prominent figure with the surname FEDOR was Fedor Ivanovich Shubin, a renowned Russian sculptor who lived from 1740 to 1805. His works, including the famous equestrian statue of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg, are considered masterpieces of Russian sculpture.

In the 19th century, Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, one of the greatest novelists in Russian literature, was born in 1821 and died in 1881. His novels, such as "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov," explored the depths of the human psyche and grappled with philosophical and moral questions.

These are just a few notable examples of individuals who have borne the surname FEDOR throughout history, reflecting its deep roots in Russian culture and society.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Fedor

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Fedor.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Fedor was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Fedor has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Fedor was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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