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    The surname Farney

    A surname, carried by 1,603 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F650

    Farney: #17,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Farney #17,551, 1,603 people Farney: #17,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Farney #17,551, 1,603 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farney is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,603 people named Farney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,605 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,553.

    #17,551
    rank among US surnames
    1,603
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,906)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,551Farney1,603192,605
    #17,559Cambridge1,602192,725

    Who is named Farney

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

    96% of people named Farney identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Farney

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Farney?
    1,603 people in the United States had the surname Farney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,605 Americans. It ranked 17,551st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farney?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Farney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Farney getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,603 in 2010, up 3.2%.