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    The surname Fenlon

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 628 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F545

    Fenlon: #35,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fenlon #35,764, 628 people Fenlon: #35,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fenlon #35,764, 628 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fenlon is more common than 78% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnaláin (“descendant of Fionnalán”), a hypocoristic form of fionn (“fair, white”).

    Fenlon is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 628 people named Fenlon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 491,633 Americans. That is down 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 788.

    #35,764
    rank among US surnames
    628
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -20.3%
    change since 2000 (was #28,489)

    Who is named Fenlon

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

    97% of people named Fenlon identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Fenlon

    Fenlon has the Soundex code F545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F545.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fenlon come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnaláin (“descendant of Fionnalán”), a hypocoristic form of fionn (“fair, white”).
    How common is the surname Fenlon?
    628 people in the United States had the surname Fenlon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 491,633 Americans. It ranked 35,764th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fenlon?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Fenlon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Fenlon?
    Fenlon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Fenlon getting more or less common?
    Less common. 788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 628 in 2010, down 20%.
    What are other spellings of Fenlon?
    Fenelon.