How common is the surname Ference?

1,440 people in the United States had the surname Ference in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,407 Americans. It ranked 18,950th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ference getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,440 in 2010, down 5.3%.

The surname Ference

A surname, carried by 1,440 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ference is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,440 people named Ference in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,407 Americans. That is down 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,521.

#18,950

rank among US surnames

1,440

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,180)

Who is named Ference

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

95% of people named Ference identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%

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 Ference?: 1,440 people in the United States had the surname Ference in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,407 Americans. It ranked 18,950th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ference?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ference identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ference getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,440 in 2010, down 5.3%.