How common is the surname Farina?

5,633 people in the United States had the surname Farina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,810 Americans. It ranked 6,088th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Farina?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Farina identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Farina?

Dennis Farina, American actor (1944–2013), followed by Frank Farina.

Where is the surname Farina most common?

Wikidata records people named Farina in the United States, Australia and Argentina.

Is the surname Farina getting more or less common?

More common. 5,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,633 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Farina

An Italian surname, carried by 5,633 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farina is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Farina.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,633 people named Farina in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,810 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,441.

#6,088

rank among US surnames

5,633

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,818)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,083	Koon	5,638	54,762
#6,084	Kwong	5,637	54,771
#6,087	Hollinger	5,634	54,800
#6,088	Laguna	5,633	54,810
#6,091	Worsham	5,631	54,830
#6,093	Tolson	5,630	54,839

Who is named Farina

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

88% of people named Farina identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Farinas

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dennis Farina
American actor (1944–2013)
Frank Farina
Australian soccer player, born 1964
Richard Fariña
American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist (1937–1966)
Luis Fariña
Argentine footballer, born 1991

Notable Farinas come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Farina

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Farina come from?: Borrowed from Italian Farina.
How common is the surname Farina?: 5,633 people in the United States had the surname Farina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,810 Americans. It ranked 6,088th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farina?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Farina identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Farina?: Dennis Farina, American actor (1944–2013), followed by Frank Farina.
Where is the surname Farina most common?: Wikidata records people named Farina in the United States, Australia and Argentina.
Is the surname Farina getting more or less common?: More common. 5,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,633 in 2010, up 3.5%.