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    The surname Farias

    A surname, carried by 16,153 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F620

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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). Farias is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,153 people named Farias in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,114 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,977.

    #2,252
    rank among US surnames
    16,153
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,764)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,243Woodall16,26018,988
    #2,244Marcum16,24619,004
    #2,245Dowling16,23819,014
    #2,246Stoner16,20419,054
    #2,247Mattson16,20319,055
    #2,249London16,19519,064
    #2,250Adame16,19319,067

    Who is named Farias

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

    83% of people named Farias identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Fariass

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Diego Farias
      Brazilian footballer (born 1990)
    • Facundo Farías
      Argentine footballer, born 2002
    • Sérgio Farias
      Brazilian football manager (born 1967)
    • Marcello Antony
      Brazilian actor and film director, born 1965

    Notable Fariass come mostly from Brazil (3) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Farias

    Farias 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 Farias?
    16,153 people in the United States had the surname Farias in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,114 Americans. It ranked 2,252nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farias?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Farias identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Farias?
    Diego Farias, Brazilian footballer (born 1990), followed by Facundo Farías.
    Where is the surname Farias most common?
    Wikidata records people named Farias in Brazil and Argentina.
    Is the surname Farias getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,153 in 2010, up 35%.