How common is the surname Fern?

2,482 people in the United States had the surname Fern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,394 Americans. It ranked 12,491st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fern?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Fern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fern?

Cody Fern, Australian actor and filmmaker.

Where is the surname Fern most common?

Wikidata records people named Fern in Australia.

How do you pronounce Fern?

Fern is /fɝːn/, one syllable.

Is the surname Fern getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,482 in 2010, down 4.8%.

Is Fern also a first name?

Yes. Fern is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fern

A place surname, carried by 2,482 people in the United States.

Pronounced /fɝːn/ 1 syllable Soundex F650 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fern is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

From fern; in the case of the surname, it was given to someone who lived in a place where there was an abundance of these plants.

Fern is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,482 people named Fern in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,394 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,606.

#12,491

rank among US surnames

2,482

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-4.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,166)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,482	Bade	2,487	124,144
#12,485	Lowrie	2,485	124,244
#12,488	Tuma	2,484	124,294
#12,491	Laplant	2,482	124,394
#12,496	Justiniano	2,481	124,444
#12,500	Howey	2,480	124,494

Who is named Fern

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

88% of people named Fern identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ferns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cody Fern
Australian actor and filmmaker, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Fern

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

Questions

Where does the surname Fern come from?: From fern; in the case of the surname, it was given to someone who lived in a place where there was an abundance of these plants.
How common is the surname Fern?: 2,482 people in the United States had the surname Fern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,394 Americans. It ranked 12,491st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fern?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Fern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fern?: Cody Fern, Australian actor and filmmaker.
Where is the surname Fern most common?: Wikidata records people named Fern in Australia.
How do you pronounce Fern?: Fern is /fɝːn/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Fern?: Fern is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Fern getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,482 in 2010, down 4.8%.
Is Fern also a first name?: Yes. Fern is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.