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    The surname Ferman

    A surname, carried by 1,942 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F655

    Ferman: #15,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ferman #15,171, 1,942 people Ferman: #15,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ferman #15,171, 1,942 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ferman is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,942 people named Ferman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,538.

    #15,171
    rank among US surnames
    1,942
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,030)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,163Welcher1,944158,820
    #15,166Martelli1,943158,901
    #15,171Ferman1,942158,983
    #15,178Llanas1,941159,065

    Who is named Ferman

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

    63% of people named Ferman identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 63%
    • White (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ferman

    Ferman has the Soundex code F655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ferman?
    1,942 people in the United States had the surname Ferman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. It ranked 15,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ferman?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Ferman identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ferman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,942 in 2010, up 26%.