# Fanning (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fanning/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,007 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,284 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,050 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (10,836 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fanning in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fanning in the United States and Australia.

## People named Fanning

- Dakota Fanning, American actress and model  (born 1994)
- Elle Fanning, American actress (born 1998)
- Shawn Fanning, American businessman
- Bernard Fanning, Australian recording artist; musician and singer-songwriter
- Eric Fanning, acting United States Secretary of the Air Force
- Mick Fanning, Australian surfer
- Edmund Fanning, American explorer and sea captain (1769–1841)
- Neil Fanning, Australian actor

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.