How common is the surname Farrier?

1,651 people in the United States had the surname Farrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,005 Americans. It ranked 17,159th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Farrier getting more or less common?

More common. 1,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,651 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Farrier

An occupational surname, carried by 1,651 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farrier is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

English occupational surname, see Ferrier. Also a variant of Farrar.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,651 people named Farrier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,005 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,515.

#17,159

rank among US surnames

1,651

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #17,221)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,151	Endo	1,652	186,892
#17,159	Yard	1,651	187,005

Who is named Farrier

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

71% of people named Farrier identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Farrier

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

Questions

Where does the surname Farrier come from?: English occupational surname, see Ferrier. Also a variant of Farrar.
How common is the surname Farrier?: 1,651 people in the United States had the surname Farrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,005 Americans. It ranked 17,159th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farrier?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Farrier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Farrier?: Farrier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Farrier getting more or less common?: More common. 1,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,651 in 2010, up 9.0%.