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The surname Fatheree

An Irish surname, carried by 635 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F360

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fatheree is more common than 78.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Possibly a shortened Americanized form of Irish Ó Fiachra, which is found as Feighery in Ireland.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 635 people named Fatheree in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 587.

#35,447
rank among US surnames
635
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+8.2%
change since 2000 (was #36,093)

Who is named Fatheree

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

86% of people named Fatheree identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 86%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fatheree

Fatheree has the Soundex code F360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F360.

Other Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fatheree come from?
Possibly a shortened Americanized form of Irish Ó Fiachra, which is found as Feighery in Ireland.
How common is the surname Fatheree?
635 people in the United States had the surname Fatheree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. It ranked 35,447th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fatheree?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Fatheree identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fatheree getting more or less common?
More common. 587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 635 in 2010, up 8.2%.