The surname Failla
An Italian surname, carried by 1,780 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F400
Origin
Italian origin
Borrowed from Italian Failla, borrowed itself from the Sicilian surname Faviḍḍa/Faiḍḍa, derived from faviḍḍa (“spark”).
One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,780 people named Failla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,735.
Who is named Failla
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Failla identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Failla has the Soundex code F400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F400.
Other Italian surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Failla come from?
- Borrowed from Italian Failla, borrowed itself from the Sicilian surname Faviḍḍa/Faiḍḍa, derived from faviḍḍa (“spark”).
- How common is the surname Failla?
- 1,780 people in the United States had the surname Failla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. It ranked 16,219th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Failla?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Failla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Failla getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,780 in 2010, up 2.6%.