The surname Firmin
A patronymic surname, carried by 862 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F655 Also a first name
Origin
From Latin Firminus, name of early Christian saints, derivative of firmus (“firm”).
Firmin is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 862 people named Firmin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 358,173 Americans. That is down 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,080.
Who is named Firmin
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Firmin identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Black (not Hispanic) 18%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Firmin has the Soundex code F655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F655.
Questions
- Where does the surname Firmin come from?
- From Latin Firminus, name of early Christian saints, derivative of firmus (“firm”).
- How common is the surname Firmin?
- 862 people in the United States had the surname Firmin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 358,173 Americans. It ranked 27,845th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Firmin?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Firmin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Firmin?
- Firmin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Firmin getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,080 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 862 in 2010, down 20%.
- Is Firmin also a first name?
- Yes. Firmin 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.