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The surname Fabela

A surname, carried by 3,713 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F140

Fabela: #8,817 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fabela #8,817, 3,713 people Fabela: #8,817 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fabela #8,817, 3,713 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fabela is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,713 people named Fabela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,153 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,846.

#8,817
rank among US surnames
3,713
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+30.5%
change since 2000 (was #10,375)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,812Villela3,71683,085
#8,813Romans3,71583,108
#8,814Coblentz3,71483,130
#8,817Lonergan3,71383,153
#8,822Molitor3,71283,175

Who is named Fabela

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Fabela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
  • White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
  • Two or more races 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fabela

Fabela has the Soundex code F140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F140.

Questions

How common is the surname Fabela?
3,713 people in the United States had the surname Fabela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,153 Americans. It ranked 8,817th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fabela?
In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Fabela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fabela getting more or less common?
More common. 2,846 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,713 in 2010, up 31%.