How common is the surname Fanelli?

4,493 people in the United States had the surname Fanelli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,717 Americans. It ranked 7,408th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fanelli?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fanelli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fanelli?

Gary Fanelli, American Samoan long distance runner.

Where is the surname Fanelli most common?

Wikidata records people named Fanelli in the United States.

Is the surname Fanelli getting more or less common?

More common. 3,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,493 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Fanelli

An Italian surname, carried by 4,493 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fanelli is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Fanelli.

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 4,493 people named Fanelli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,717 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,929.

#7,408

rank among US surnames

4,493

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+14.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,806)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,402	Valley	4,497	68,656
#7,404	Edmiston	4,495	68,686
#7,406	Roof	4,494	68,702
#7,408	Zou	4,493	68,717
#7,411	Grullon	4,492	68,732
#7,413	Bonney	4,491	68,748

Who is named Fanelli

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

95% of people named Fanelli identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fanellis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gary Fanelli
American Samoan long distance runner, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Fanelli

Finnell

Fanelli has the Soundex code F540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F540.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fanelli come from?: Borrowed from Italian Fanelli.
How common is the surname Fanelli?: 4,493 people in the United States had the surname Fanelli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,717 Americans. It ranked 7,408th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fanelli?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fanelli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fanelli?: Gary Fanelli, American Samoan long distance runner.
Where is the surname Fanelli most common?: Wikidata records people named Fanelli in the United States.
Is the surname Fanelli getting more or less common?: More common. 3,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,493 in 2010, up 14%.