The surname Fakhoury
An Arabic surname, carried by 859 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex F260
Origin
Arabic origin
Borrowed from Arabic فاخوري, from the root ف خ ر (f ḵ r). This surname is mostly found in Jordan.
One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 859 people named Fakhoury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 679.
Who is named Fakhoury
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Fakhoury identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Two or more races 7.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Fakhouri
Fakhoury has the Soundex code F260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F260.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Fakhoury come from?
- Borrowed from Arabic فاخوري, from the root ف خ ر (f ḵ r). This surname is mostly found in Jordan.
- How common is the surname Fakhoury?
- 859 people in the United States had the surname Fakhoury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. It ranked 27,918th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Fakhoury?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Fakhoury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Fakhoury getting more or less common?
- More common. 679 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 859 in 2010, up 27%.
- What are other spellings of Fakhoury?
- Fakhouri.