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    The surname Fearing

    A surname, carried by 1,034 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F652

    Fearing: #24,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fearing #24,260, 1,034 people Fearing: #24,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fearing #24,260, 1,034 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fearing is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,034 people named Fearing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 956.

    #24,260
    rank among US surnames
    1,034
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #24,513)

    Who is named Fearing

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

    92% of people named Fearing identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fearing

    Fearing has the Soundex code F652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fearing?
    1,034 people in the United States had the surname Fearing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. It ranked 24,260th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fearing?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fearing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fearing getting more or less common?
    More common. 956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,034 in 2010, up 8.2%.