# Faherty (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/faherty/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,491 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,511 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 207,073 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.7% (1,397 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fatharthaig (“descendant of Fathartach”), a personal name ultimately derived from foghar (“sound”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Faherty in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Farhat, Ford, Forte, Freed, Fort, Fried, Friday, Forde, Frith, Firth, Frady, Ferretti.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.