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    The surname Faraj

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,106 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F620

    Faraj: #23,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Faraj #23,096, 1,106 people Faraj: #23,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Faraj #23,096, 1,106 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faraj is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic فَرَج (faraj, “relief, respite, salvation”).

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,106 people named Faraj in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,155 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 742.

    #23,096
    rank among US surnames
    1,106
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +49.1%
    change since 2000 (was #29,873)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #23,096Lade1,106279,155
    #23,100Huckabay1,105279,408

    Who is named Faraj

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

    87% of people named Faraj identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as two or more races and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Two or more races 5.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Farraj

    Surnames that sound like Faraj

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

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Faraj come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic فَرَج (faraj, “relief, respite, salvation”).
    How common is the surname Faraj?
    1,106 people in the United States had the surname Faraj in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,155 Americans. It ranked 23,096th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Faraj?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Faraj identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Faraj getting more or less common?
    More common. 742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,106 in 2010, up 49%.
    What are other spellings of Faraj?
    Farraj.