How common is the surname Farren?

3,042 people in the United States had the surname Farren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,494 Americans. It ranked 10,541st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Farren?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Farren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Farren?

Eamon Farren, Australian actor.

Where is the surname Farren most common?

Wikidata records people named Farren in Australia.

Is the surname Farren getting more or less common?

More common. 2,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,042 in 2010, up 8.8%.

The surname Farren

A surname, carried by 3,042 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farren is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,042 people named Farren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,494 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,796.

#10,541

rank among US surnames

3,042

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,527)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,535	Corr	3,045	101,394
#10,536	Duplessis	3,044	101,428
#10,539	Brunet	3,043	101,461
#10,541	Farren	3,042	101,494
#10,545	Ayoub	3,041	101,528
#10,547	Garrick	3,040	101,561
#10,548	Wilkin	3,039	101,594

Who is named Farren

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

94% of people named Farren identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Farrens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eamon Farren
Australian actor, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Farren

Farren 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 Farren?: 3,042 people in the United States had the surname Farren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,494 Americans. It ranked 10,541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farren?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Farren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Farren?: Eamon Farren, Australian actor.
Where is the surname Farren most common?: Wikidata records people named Farren in Australia.
Is the surname Farren getting more or less common?: More common. 2,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,042 in 2010, up 8.8%.