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    The surname Fann

    A surname, carried by 3,499 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F500

    Fann: #9,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fann #9,301, 3,499 people Fann: #9,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fann #9,301, 3,499 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fann is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,499 people named Fann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,238 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,241.

    #9,301
    rank among US surnames
    3,499
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #9,252)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,293Slusser3,50288,163
    #9,297Shamblin3,50188,188
    #9,298Spitz3,50088,213
    #9,301Robillard3,49988,238
    #9,307Amoroso3,49888,263

    Who is named Fann

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

    73% of people named Fann identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fann

    Fann 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 Fann?
    3,499 people in the United States had the surname Fann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,238 Americans. It ranked 9,301st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fann?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Fann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fann getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,499 in 2010, up 8.0%.