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

Fenstermacher, 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 Fenstermacher surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Fenstermacher in America

Fenstermacher is the 17026th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Fenstermacher surname appeared 1,669 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 Fenstermacher.

We can also compare 2010 data for Fenstermacher 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 Fenstermacher

The surname Fenstermacher has its origins in Germany, emerging in the late Middle Ages around the 14th or 15th century. It is derived from the German words "Fenster," meaning "window," and "macher," meaning "maker" or "builder." The name likely referred to an occupation, indicating someone who crafted or installed windows.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the Fenstermacher name can be found in the records of the town of Großostheim in Bavaria, where a Henz Fenstermacher was documented in 1438. The surname also appears in various church records and tax rolls throughout German-speaking regions during the 16th and 17th centuries.

In the early modern period, the name Fenstermacher began to spread beyond its original German heartland as people migrated to other parts of Europe and the Americas. Notable individuals bearing the surname include Johann Fenstermacher, a glassmaker and window manufacturer who lived in Nuremberg in the late 16th century.

As German immigrants settled in North America, the Fenstermacher name took root in regions like Pennsylvania, where many German-speaking communities were established. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name in America is that of Hans Fenstermacher, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1738 and later settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Other notable individuals with the Fenstermacher surname include Johann Gottfried Fenstermacher (1748-1823), a German-born clockmaker and silversmith who lived in Pennsylvania; Johann Adam Fenstermacher (1780-1856), a farmer and landowner in Pennsylvania; and Johann Georg Fenstermacher (1793-1870), a prominent Lutheran minister and educator in Ohio.

The name Fenstermacher has also been associated with various place names, such as Fenstermachersville, a former village in Berks County, Pennsylvania, which was named after the family who settled there in the 18th century. Additionally, variants of the surname, such as Fenstermacher, Fenstermaker, and Fenstermacher, have emerged over time due to spelling variations and local dialects.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Fenstermacher

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

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 Fenstermacher 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 Fenstermacher 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 Fenstermacher was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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