How common is the surname Fahy?

2,382 people in the United States had the surname Fahy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,616 Americans. It ranked 12,904th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fahy?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fahy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fahy?

Meghann Fahy, American actress.

Where is the surname Fahy most common?

Wikidata records people named Fahy in the United States.

Is the surname Fahy getting more or less common?

More common. 2,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,382 in 2010, up 0.5%.

Is Fahy also a first name?

Yes. Fahy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fahy

An Irish surname, carried by 2,382 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fahy is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Fahey.

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 2,382 people named Fahy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,616 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,371.

#12,904

rank among US surnames

2,382

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,078)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,897	Dedrick	2,384	129,507
#12,900	Jacobus	2,383	129,562
#12,904	Leist	2,382	129,616

Who is named Fahy

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

96% of people named Fahy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
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.

Famous Fahys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Meghann Fahy
American actress, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fahy

Fahy has the Soundex code F000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F000.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fahy come from?: Variant of Fahey.
How common is the surname Fahy?: 2,382 people in the United States had the surname Fahy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,616 Americans. It ranked 12,904th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fahy?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fahy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fahy?: Meghann Fahy, American actress.
Where is the surname Fahy most common?: Wikidata records people named Fahy in the United States.
Is the surname Fahy getting more or less common?: More common. 2,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,382 in 2010, up 0.5%.
Is Fahy also a first name?: Yes. Fahy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.