How common is the last name Fletcher?

79,835 people in the United States have the last name Fletcher, about 1 in 3,744. It ranks #397 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FLETCHER

#397

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
79,835
About
1 in 3,744
This common or more
29.5%
Who bears it

Of the 79,835 people with the last name Fletcher, 69.8% reported their origin as White, 20.7% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Fletcher

#395 Mccarthy · 80,108#396 Paul · 80,097#398 Klein · 79,552#399 Reeves · 79,326

Also a first name

As a first name, Fletcher ranks #2,630 of 53,615, with 9,032 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 561 births. See Fletcher as a first name

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