How common is the surname Fermin?

5,057 people in the United States had the surname Fermin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,053 Americans. It ranked 6,678th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fermin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,057 in 2010, up 52%.

The surname Fermin

A surname, carried by 5,057 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fermin is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,057 people named Fermin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,053 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,326.

#6,678

rank among US surnames

5,057

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+52%

change since 2000 (was #9,036)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,673	Bierman	5,064	60,969
#6,674	Johanson	5,061	61,005
#6,676	Fall	5,060	61,017
#6,678	Fermin	5,057	61,053

Who is named Fermin

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

77% of people named Fermin identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 77%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
White (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fermin

Fermin 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 Fermin?: 5,057 people in the United States had the surname Fermin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,053 Americans. It ranked 6,678th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fermin?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Fermin identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Fermin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,057 in 2010, up 52%.