Fletcher
Fletcher is the 397th most common surname in the United States, shared by 79,835 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 3,744.
By the numbers
- People
- 79,835
- Rank
- 397th
- How common
- 1 in 3,744
- Per 100,000
- 26.7
Where the name comes from
Origin an occupational name
English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Fletcher described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Fletcher
- Louise Fletcher (1934–2022)American actress
- Darren Fletcher (born 1984)Scottish association football player
- Andrew Fletcher (1961–2022)English keyboardist
- Steven Fletcher (born 1987)Scottish association football player
- Dexter Fletcher (born 1966)English actor and director
- Frank Jack Fletcher (1885–1973)United States Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient
- Tyler Fletcher (born 2007)Scottish association football player
- Ernie Fletcher (born 1952)American politician
People named Fletcher with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Fletcher
Also a first name
Fletcher has been given to 17,644 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2025. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.