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    The surname Farhan

    An Arabic surname, carried by 637 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F650

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farhan is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic فرحان (farḥān, “happy”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.

    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 637 people named Farhan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 484,687 Americans. That is up 91% since 2000, when the Census counted 334.

    #35,345
    rank among US surnames
    637
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +90.7%
    change since 2000 (was #57,090)

    Who is named Farhan

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

    56% of people named Farhan identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 28%
    • Two or more races 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Farhan

    Farhan has the Soundex code F650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F650.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Farhan come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic فرحان (farḥān, “happy”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.
    How common is the surname Farhan?
    637 people in the United States had the surname Farhan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 484,687 Americans. It ranked 35,345th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farhan?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Farhan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Farhan getting more or less common?
    More common. 334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 637 in 2010, up 91%.