How common is the surname Farner?

2,667 people in the United States had the surname Farner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,765 Americans. It ranked 11,746th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Farner?

Mark Farner, American singer and guitarist.

Where is the surname Farner most common?

Wikidata records people named Farner in the United States.

Is the surname Farner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,941 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,667 in 2010, up 37%.

The surname Farner

A surname, carried by 2,667 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farner is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,667 people named Farner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,765 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,941.

#11,746

rank among US surnames

2,667

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+37.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,195)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,739	Degroat	2,669	115,678
#11,743	Manzi	2,668	115,722
#11,746	Zoller	2,667	115,765
#11,751	Bruckner	2,666	115,809
#11,753	Balog	2,665	115,852

Who is named Farner

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

91% of people named Farner identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Farners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Farner
American singer and guitarist, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Farner

Farner has the Soundex code F656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F656.

Questions

How common is the surname Farner?: 2,667 people in the United States had the surname Farner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,765 Americans. It ranked 11,746th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farner?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Farner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Farner?: Mark Farner, American singer and guitarist.
Where is the surname Farner most common?: Wikidata records people named Farner in the United States.
Is the surname Farner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,941 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,667 in 2010, up 37%.