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    The surname Farrer

    A surname, carried by 2,222 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F660

    Farrer: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Farrer #13,627, 2,222 people Farrer: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Farrer #13,627, 2,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farrer is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,222 people named Farrer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,854.

    #13,627
    rank among US surnames
    2,222
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,701)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887
    #13,627Shum2,222138,949

    Who is named Farrer

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

    89% of people named Farrer identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Farrer

    Farrer has the Soundex code F660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F660.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Farrer?
    2,222 people in the United States had the surname Farrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farrer?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Farrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Farrer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, up 20%.