How common is the surname Farnan?

1,006 people in the United States had the surname Farnan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Farnan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Farnan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Farnan getting more or less common?

More common. 915 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, up 9.9%.

The surname Farnan

A surname, carried by 1,006 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farnan is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,006 people named Farnan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 915.

#24,762

rank among US surnames

1,006

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.9%

change since 2000 (was #25,398)

Who is named Farnan

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

94% of people named Farnan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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 Farnan

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

Questions

How common is the surname Farnan?: 1,006 people in the United States had the surname Farnan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farnan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Farnan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Farnan getting more or less common?: More common. 915 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, up 9.9%.