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    The surname Fannin

    A surname, carried by 6,873 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F550

    Fannin: #5,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fannin #5,092, 6,873 people Fannin: #5,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fannin #5,092, 6,873 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fannin is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,873 people named Fannin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,922 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,321.

    #5,092
    rank among US surnames
    6,873
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,095)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,086Calvo6,88344,856
    #5,089Heims6,88144,869
    #5,091Gastelum6,88044,876
    #5,092Fannin6,87344,922
    #5,093Dugas6,87144,935

    Who is named Fannin

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

    88% of people named Fannin identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fannins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Fannin
      American soldier and leader during the Texas Revolution (1804-1836)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fannin

    Fannin has the Soundex code F550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fannin?
    6,873 people in the United States had the surname Fannin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,922 Americans. It ranked 5,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fannin?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Fannin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fannin?
    James Fannin, American soldier and leader during the Texas Revolution (1804-1836).
    Where is the surname Fannin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fannin in the United States.
    Is the surname Fannin getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,873 in 2010, up 8.7%.