# Few (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/few/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,292 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,306 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 134,706 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (2,321 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Few in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Few in the United States.

## People named Few

- William Few, American politician (1748-1828)
- Bobby Few, American jazz musician (1935-2021)

## Similar surnames

Fee, Fey, Fay, Foy, Fahey, Fu, Fahy, Fye, Foye, Faye, Foo, Faw.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.