How common is the surname Firth?

3,181 people in the United States had the surname Firth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,059 Americans. It ranked 10,136th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Firth?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Firth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Firth?

Vic Firth, American musician (1930–2015), followed by Jonathan Firth.

Where is the surname Firth most common?

Wikidata records people named Firth in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Firth getting more or less common?

More common. 3,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,181 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Firth

A surname, carried by 3,181 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Firth is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

* As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”). * As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”). * As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the first sense.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,181 people named Firth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,059 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,124.

#10,136

rank among US surnames

3,181

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,546)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,132	Parmenter	3,182	97,029
#10,136	Benites	3,181	97,059
#10,140	Nardone	3,180	97,090
#10,145	Esch	3,179	97,120

Who is named Firth

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

95% of people named Firth identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Firths

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vic Firth
American musician (1930–2015)
Jonathan Firth
British actor, born 1967
David Firth
British animator, born 1983

Notable Firths come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Firth

Firth has the Soundex code F630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F630.

Questions

Where does the surname Firth come from?: * As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”). * As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”). * As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the first sense.
How common is the surname Firth?: 3,181 people in the United States had the surname Firth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,059 Americans. It ranked 10,136th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Firth?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Firth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Firth?: Vic Firth, American musician (1930–2015), followed by Jonathan Firth.
Where is the surname Firth most common?: Wikidata records people named Firth in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Firth getting more or less common?: More common. 3,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,181 in 2010, up 1.8%.