How common is the surname Favela?

7,439 people in the United States had the surname Favela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,504 Americans. It ranked 4,761st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Favela getting more or less common?

More common. 5,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,439 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Favela

A surname, carried by 7,439 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Favela is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,439 people named Favela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,504 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,247.

#4,761

rank among US surnames

7,439

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+41.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,752	Pointer	7,453	41,426
#4,753	Brannan	7,452	41,431
#4,754	Shirk	7,448	41,453
#4,755	Pizarro	7,446	41,465
#4,756	Vanegas	7,444	41,476
#4,758	Warfield	7,443	41,481
#4,759	Toussaint	7,441	41,492

Who is named Favela

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

97% of people named Favela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or more races 0.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Favela

Fabela

Favela has the Soundex code F140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F140.

Questions

How common is the surname Favela?: 7,439 people in the United States had the surname Favela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,504 Americans. It ranked 4,761st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Favela?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Favela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Favela getting more or less common?: More common. 5,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,439 in 2010, up 42%.