How common is the surname Fearn?

1,175 people in the United States had the surname Fearn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Fearn most common?

Wikidata records people named Fearn in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Is the surname Fearn getting more or less common?

More common. 1,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Fearn

A surname, carried by 1,175 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fearn is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,175 people named Fearn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,073.

#22,056

rank among US surnames

1,175

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,384)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,047	Whistler	1,176	262,539
#22,056	Hopf	1,175	262,762

Who is named Fearn

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

77% of people named Fearn identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fearns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Fearn
British explorer, 1768–1837

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fearn

Fearn has the Soundex code F650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F650.

Questions

How common is the surname Fearn?: 1,175 people in the United States had the surname Fearn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fearn?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Fearn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fearn?: John Fearn, British explorer.
Where is the surname Fearn most common?: Wikidata records people named Fearn in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Is the surname Fearn getting more or less common?: More common. 1,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, up 9.5%.