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    The surname Farnum

    A surname, carried by 2,281 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F655

    Farnum: #13,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Farnum #13,360, 2,281 people Farnum: #13,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Farnum #13,360, 2,281 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farnum is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,281 people named Farnum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,355 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,062.

    #13,360
    rank among US surnames
    2,281
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.6%
    change since 2000 (was #13,513)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,356Forst2,283135,237
    #13,357Knobloch2,282135,296
    #13,360Degennaro2,281135,355
    #13,368Isler2,280135,415

    Who is named Farnum

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

    87% of people named Farnum identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Farnums

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Farnum
      American actor (1876–1953)
    • Franklyn Farnum
      American actor (1878-1961)
    • Dustin Farnum
      American actor, singer and dancer (1874-1929)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Farnum

    Farnum 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 Farnum?
    2,281 people in the United States had the surname Farnum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,355 Americans. It ranked 13,360th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farnum?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Farnum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Farnum?
    William Farnum, American actor (1876–1953), followed by Franklyn Farnum.
    Where is the surname Farnum most common?
    Wikidata records people named Farnum in the United States.
    Is the surname Farnum getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,281 in 2010, up 11%.