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    The surname Farver

    A surname, carried by 1,186 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F616

    Farver: #21,895 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Farver #21,895, 1,186 people Farver: #21,895 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Farver #21,895, 1,186 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farver is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,186 people named Farver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. That is down 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,293.

    #21,895
    rank among US surnames
    1,186
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,376)

    Who is named Farver

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

    90% of people named Farver identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • 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 Farver

    Farver has the Soundex code F616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F616.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Farver?
    1,186 people in the United States had the surname Farver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. It ranked 21,895th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farver?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Farver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Farver getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,186 in 2010, down 8.3%.