How common is the surname Faherty?

1,491 people in the United States had the surname Faherty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. It ranked 18,511th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Faherty?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Faherty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Faherty getting more or less common?

More common. 1,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,491 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Faherty

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,491 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faherty is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Faherty is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,491 people named Faherty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,397.

#18,511

rank among US surnames

1,491

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,312)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,502	Meidinger	1,493	206,795
#18,507	In	1,492	206,934
#18,511	Frain	1,491	207,073

Who is named Faherty

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

96% of people named Faherty identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faherty

Farhat

Faherty has the Soundex code F630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F630.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Faherty come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fatharthaig (“descendant of Fathartach”), a personal name ultimately derived from foghar (“sound”).
How common is the surname Faherty?: 1,491 people in the United States had the surname Faherty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. It ranked 18,511th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faherty?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Faherty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Faherty?: Faherty is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Faherty getting more or less common?: More common. 1,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,491 in 2010, up 6.7%.