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    The surname Fagin

    A surname, carried by 1,399 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F250

    Fagin: #19,341 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fagin #19,341, 1,399 people Fagin: #19,341 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fagin #19,341, 1,399 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fagin is more common than 88.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,399 people named Fagin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,690 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,215.

    #19,341
    rank among US surnames
    1,399
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.1%
    change since 2000 (was #20,343)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,334Assad1,400220,533
    #19,341Knapik1,399220,690
    #19,348Casarrubias1,398220,848

    Who is named Fagin

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

    74% of people named Fagin identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fagins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Claire Fagin
      American nurse, 1926–2024

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fagin

    Fagin has the Soundex code F250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fagin?
    1,399 people in the United States had the surname Fagin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,690 Americans. It ranked 19,341st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fagin?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Fagin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fagin?
    Claire Fagin, American nurse.
    Where is the surname Fagin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fagin in the United States.
    Is the surname Fagin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,399 in 2010, up 15%.