How common is the surname Fama?

1,221 people in the United States had the surname Fama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,863 Americans. It ranked 21,413th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fama?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Fama identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Fama?

Eugene Fama, American economist and Nobel laureate in Economics.

Where is the surname Fama most common?

Wikidata records people named Fama in the United States.

Is the surname Fama getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,221 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Fama

A surname, carried by 1,221 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fama is more common than 86.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,221 people named Fama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,863 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,239.

#21,413

rank among US surnames

1,221

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,028)

Who is named Fama

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

85% of people named Fama identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Famas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eugene Fama
American economist and Nobel laureate in Economics, born 1939

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fama

Fahmy

Fama 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 Fama?: 1,221 people in the United States had the surname Fama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,863 Americans. It ranked 21,413th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fama?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Fama identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Fama?: Eugene Fama, American economist and Nobel laureate in Economics.
Where is the surname Fama most common?: Wikidata records people named Fama in the United States.
Is the surname Fama getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,221 in 2010, down 1.5%.