The surname Farthing
A surname, carried by 2,882 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈfɑː(ɹ).ðɪŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex F635
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,882 people named Farthing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,129 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,962.
Who is named Farthing
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Farthing identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Farthing
Farthing has the Soundex code F635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F635.
Questions
- How common is the surname Farthing?
- 2,882 people in the United States had the surname Farthing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,129 Americans. It ranked 11,031st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Farthing?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Farthing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Farthing?
- Farthing is /ˈfɑː(ɹ).ðɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Farthing getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,962 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,882 in 2010, down 2.7%.