How common is the surname Fava?

1,409 people in the United States had the surname Fava in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fava?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Fava identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fava getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, down 5.0%.

The surname Fava

An Italian surname, carried by 1,409 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fava is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Fava.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,409 people named Fava in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. That is down 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,483.

#19,242

rank among US surnames

1,409

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5%

change since 2000 (was #17,510)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,234	Selle	1,410	218,968
#19,242	Stuhr	1,409	219,124

Who is named Fava

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

86% of people named Fava identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fava come from?: Borrowed from Italian Fava.
How common is the surname Fava?: 1,409 people in the United States had the surname Fava in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fava?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Fava identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fava getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, down 5.0%.