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

Fidler, 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 Fidler surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Fidler in America

Fidler is the 6664th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Fidler surname appeared 5,068 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Fidler.

We can also compare 2010 data for Fidler 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 Fidler

The surname Fidler is of German origin, derived from the Middle High German word "videler," which means "fiddler" or "one who plays the fiddle." The name likely emerged in the Middle Ages, around the 12th or 13th century, as a descriptive occupational surname for a musician or entertainer who played the fiddle.

The earliest known record of the name Fidler can be found in the Bavarian town of Nürnberg in the late 13th century, where a certain Cunrat der Videler was mentioned in a document from 1290. This suggests that the name was already well-established in parts of southern Germany by that time.

In England, the name first appears in the early 14th century, with references to individuals such as John le Fydeler (1327) and William le Fydeler (1332) in the Subsidy Rolls of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. The spelling variations "Fydeler" and "Fytheler" were common in medieval English records.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Fidler in its modern spelling comes from the 16th century, with a mention of a Thomas Fidler in the register of the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, London, in 1558.

Over the centuries, several notable individuals have borne the Fidler surname, including:

1. Isaac Fidler (1688-1776), an English composer and organist who served as the organist of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Wolverhampton.

2. Johann Fidler (1765-1820), a German Romantic painter known for his landscape paintings and etchings.

3. Mary Ann Fidler (1804-1886), an English author and children's writer who published numerous books and stories in the 19th century.

4. John Fidler (1823-1900), an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club in the mid-19th century.

5. Ernst Fidler (1876-1948), an Austrian architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Vienna, including the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

While the name Fidler has its origins in Germany, it has since spread to other parts of Europe and beyond, with various branches of the family establishing themselves in different countries over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Fidler

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

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

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