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    The surname Favorite

    A surname, carried by 1,283 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F163

    Favorite: #20,636 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Favorite #20,636, 1,283 people Favorite: #20,636 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Favorite #20,636, 1,283 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Favorite is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,283 people named Favorite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,643 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,237.

    #20,636
    rank among US surnames
    1,283
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,055)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,627Siple1,284240,456
    #20,636Lowenthal1,283240,643

    Who is named Favorite

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

    62% of people named Favorite identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Favorite?
    1,283 people in the United States had the surname Favorite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,643 Americans. It ranked 20,636th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Favorite?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Favorite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Favorite getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,283 in 2010, up 3.7%.