How common is the surname Fancher?

5,888 people in the United States had the surname Fancher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,436 Americans. It ranked 5,861st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fancher?

Hampton Fancher, American actor and director.

Where is the surname Fancher most common?

Wikidata records people named Fancher in the United States.

Is the surname Fancher getting more or less common?

More common. 5,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,888 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Fancher

A surname, carried by 5,888 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fancher is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,888 people named Fancher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,436 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,858.

#5,861

rank among US surnames

5,888

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,461)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,852	Sayles	5,902	52,312
#5,853	Ochs	5,901	52,321
#5,854	Boatman	5,899	52,339
#5,855	Blakley	5,898	52,347
#5,856	Lao	5,897	52,356
#5,857	Malinowski	5,895	52,374
#5,858	Markle	5,893	52,392

Who is named Fancher

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

90% of people named Fancher identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fanchers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hampton Fancher
American actor and director, born 1938

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fancher

Fincher

Fancher has the Soundex code F526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F526.

Questions

How common is the surname Fancher?: 5,888 people in the United States had the surname Fancher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,436 Americans. It ranked 5,861st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fancher?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Fancher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fancher?: Hampton Fancher, American actor and director.
Where is the surname Fancher most common?: Wikidata records people named Fancher in the United States.
Is the surname Fancher getting more or less common?: More common. 5,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,888 in 2010, up 0.5%.