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    The surname Fahmy

    A surname, carried by 1,040 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fahmy is more common than 85.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,040 people named Fahmy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,871 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 695.

    #24,174
    rank among US surnames
    1,040
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +49.6%
    change since 2000 (was #31,492)

    Who is named Fahmy

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

    93% of people named Fahmy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fahmy

    Fahmy has the Soundex code F500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fahmy?
    1,040 people in the United States had the surname Fahmy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,871 Americans. It ranked 24,174th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fahmy?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fahmy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fahmy getting more or less common?
    More common. 695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,040 in 2010, up 50%.