The surname Favor
A surname, carried by 1,186 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F160
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,186 people named Favor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,148.
#21,895
rank among US surnames
1,186
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+3.3%
change since 2000 (was #21,273)
Who is named Favor
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
52% of people named Favor identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 52%
- Black (not Hispanic) 32%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 7.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Favor has the Soundex code F160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F160.
Questions
- How common is the surname Favor?
- 1,186 people in the United States had the surname Favor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. It ranked 21,895th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Favor?
- In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Favor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Favor getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,186 in 2010, up 3.3%.