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    The surname Farfan

    A Spanish surname, carried by 4,075 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F615

    Farfan: #8,135 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Farfan #8,135, 4,075 people Farfan: #8,135 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Farfan #8,135, 4,075 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farfan is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,075 people named Farfan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,766 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,734.

    #8,135
    rank among US surnames
    4,075
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +49%
    change since 2000 (was #10,719)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,130Shuck4,07875,710
    #8,131Armentrout4,07775,729
    #8,133Rennie4,07675,747
    #8,135Slay4,07575,766

    Who is named Farfan

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

    90% of people named Farfan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Farfans

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Farfan
      American soccer player (born 1988)
    • Gabriel Farfan
      American soccer player, born 1988
    • Marco Farfan
      American soccer player, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Farfan

    Farfan has the Soundex code F615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F615.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Farfan come from?
    Farfan is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Farfan?
    4,075 people in the United States had the surname Farfan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,766 Americans. It ranked 8,135th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farfan?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Farfan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Farfan?
    Michael Farfan, American soccer player (born 1988), followed by Gabriel Farfan.
    Where is the surname Farfan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Farfan in the United States.
    Is the surname Farfan getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,075 in 2010, up 49%.