How common is the surname Faria?

6,257 people in the United States had the surname Faria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,344 Americans. It ranked 5,557th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Faria?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Faria identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Faria?

Bismarck Barreto Faria, Brazilian association football player, followed by José Faria.

Where is the surname Faria most common?

Wikidata records people named Faria in Brazil.

Is the surname Faria getting more or less common?

More common. 5,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,257 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Faria

A surname, carried by 6,257 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faria is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,257 people named Faria in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,344 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,335.

#5,557

rank among US surnames

6,257

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+17.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,939)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,553	Schatz	6,261	49,312
#5,554	Oster	6,259	49,328
#5,555	Milne	6,258	49,336
#5,557	Gilligan	6,257	49,344
#5,560	Rood	6,254	49,368

Who is named Faria

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

78% of people named Faria identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
Two or more races 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Farias

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bismarck Barreto Faria
Brazilian association football player, born 1969
José Faria
Brazilian footballer and manager (1933-2013)
Betty Faria
Brazilian actress, born 1941
Reginaldo Faria
Brazilian actor and director, born 1937
Wilma de Faria
52nd Governor of Rio Grande do Norte (1945–2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faria

Faria has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Questions

How common is the surname Faria?: 6,257 people in the United States had the surname Faria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,344 Americans. It ranked 5,557th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faria?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Faria identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Faria?: Bismarck Barreto Faria, Brazilian association football player, followed by José Faria.
Where is the surname Faria most common?: Wikidata records people named Faria in Brazil.
Is the surname Faria getting more or less common?: More common. 5,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,257 in 2010, up 17%.