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    The surname Figaro

    A surname, carried by 1,374 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F260

    Figaro: #19,628 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Figaro #19,628, 1,374 people Figaro: #19,628 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Figaro #19,628, 1,374 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Figaro is more common than 87.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,374 people named Figaro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,027.

    #19,628
    rank among US surnames
    1,374
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,191)

    Who is named Figaro

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

    47% of people named Figaro identified as Black (not Hispanic), 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • White (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Figaro

    Figaro has the Soundex code F260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Figaro?
    1,374 people in the United States had the surname Figaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. It ranked 19,628th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Figaro?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Figaro identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Figaro getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,374 in 2010, up 34%.