How common is the surname Farrah?

737 people in the United States had the surname Farrah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 418,922 Americans. It ranked 31,412th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Farrah getting more or less common?

More common. 735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 737 in 2010, up 0.3%.

Is Farrah also a first name?

Yes. Farrah is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Farrah

An English occupational surname, carried by 737 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farrah is more common than 80.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

Variant of Farrar, from Middle English ferreor (“iron worker, smith”). The given name was popularized by the American actress Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009). Her name is often interpreted as a variant of Farah.

Farrah is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 737 people named Farrah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 418,922 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 735.

#31,412

rank among US surnames

737

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #30,091)

Who is named Farrah

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

83% of people named Farrah identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%

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 Farrah

Farrah has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Farrah come from?: Variant of Farrar, from Middle English ferreor (“iron worker, smith”). The given name was popularized by the American actress Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009). Her name is often interpreted as a variant of Farah.
How common is the surname Farrah?: 737 people in the United States had the surname Farrah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 418,922 Americans. It ranked 31,412th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farrah?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Farrah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Farrah?: Farrah is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Farrah getting more or less common?: More common. 735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 737 in 2010, up 0.3%.
Is Farrah also a first name?: Yes. Farrah is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.