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    The surname Farag

    A surname, carried by 1,305 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F620

    Farag: #20,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Farag #20,364, 1,305 people Farag: #20,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Farag #20,364, 1,305 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farag is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,305 people named Farag in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 927.

    #20,364
    rank among US surnames
    1,305
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.8%
    change since 2000 (was #25,098)

    Who is named Farag

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

    91% of people named Farag identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Farag

    Farag has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Farag?
    1,305 people in the United States had the surname Farag in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farag?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Farag identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Farag getting more or less common?
    More common. 927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, up 41%.