How common is the surname Farnham?

4,757 people in the United States had the surname Farnham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,903 Americans. It ranked 7,038th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Farnham?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Farnham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Farnham?

John Farnham, Australian singer, followed by Eliza Farnham.

Where is the surname Farnham most common?

Wikidata records people named Farnham in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Farnham?

Farnham is /ˈfɑːnəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Farnham getting more or less common?

More common. 4,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,757 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Farnham

An English place surname, carried by 4,757 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfɑːnəm/ 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). Farnham is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

Farnham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,757 people named Farnham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,903 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,723.

#7,038

rank among US surnames

4,757

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,616)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,030	Stotts	4,760	64,863
#7,031	Castorena	4,759	64,876
#7,035	Campuzano	4,758	64,890
#7,038	Truesdale	4,757	64,903
#7,042	Kissel	4,756	64,917
#7,044	Gandara	4,754	64,944
#7,046	Aubrey	4,753	64,958

Who is named Farnham

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

95% of people named Farnham identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Farnhams

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Farnham
Australian singer, born 1949
Eliza Farnham
American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform, 1815–1864
Joseph Farnham
American screenwriter (1884–1931)

Notable Farnhams come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Farnham

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Farnham come from?: From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).
How common is the surname Farnham?: 4,757 people in the United States had the surname Farnham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,903 Americans. It ranked 7,038th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farnham?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Farnham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Farnham?: John Farnham, Australian singer, followed by Eliza Farnham.
Where is the surname Farnham most common?: Wikidata records people named Farnham in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Farnham?: Farnham is /ˈfɑːnəm/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Farnham?: Farnham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Farnham getting more or less common?: More common. 4,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,757 in 2010, up 0.7%.