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    The surname Farman

    An Urdu occupational surname, carried by 554 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F655

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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). Farman is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    Urdu origin

    Two main origins: * From the Old Norse personal name Farmaðr, a byname from farmaðr (“seafarer, merchant”); alternatively, an occupational surname sharing the same origin. * Borrowed from Urdu فرمان (farmān, “firman, command, order; decree, edict”); this surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.

    Farman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 554 people named Farman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 557,302 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 544.

    #39,659
    rank among US surnames
    554
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #38,263)

    Who is named Farman

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

    88% of people named Farman identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Farman

    Farman has the Soundex code F655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F655.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Farman come from?
    Two main origins: * From the Old Norse personal name Farmaðr, a byname from farmaðr (“seafarer, merchant”); alternatively, an occupational surname sharing the same origin. * Borrowed from Urdu فرمان (farmān, “firman, command, order; decree, edict”); this surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.
    How common is the surname Farman?
    554 people in the United States had the surname Farman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 557,302 Americans. It ranked 39,659th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farman?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Farman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Farman?
    Farman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Farman getting more or less common?
    More common. 544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 554 in 2010, up 1.8%.