How common is the surname Fithian?

1,004 people in the United States had the surname Fithian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fithian?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fithian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fithian getting more or less common?

More common. 976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Fithian

A surname, carried by 1,004 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fithian is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,004 people named Fithian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 976.

#24,802

rank among US surnames

1,004

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #24,115)

Who is named Fithian

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

95% of people named Fithian identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Fithian

Fitton

Fithian has the Soundex code F350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F350.

Questions

How common is the surname Fithian?: 1,004 people in the United States had the surname Fithian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fithian?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fithian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fithian getting more or less common?: More common. 976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 2.9%.