How common is the surname Flora?

7,837 people in the United States had the surname Flora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,396 Americans. It ranked 4,523rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Flora?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Flora identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

How do you pronounce Flora?

Flora is /ˈflɔːɹə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Flora getting more or less common?

More common. 7,529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,837 in 2010, up 4.1%.

Is Flora also a first name?

Yes. Flora 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.

The surname Flora

A surname, carried by 7,837 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈflɔːɹə/ 2 syllables Soundex F460 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flora is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,837 people named Flora in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,396 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,529.

#4,523

rank among US surnames

7,837

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,359)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,514	Ballew	7,857	39,296
#4,515	Riordan	7,848	39,341
#4,517	Volpe	7,847	39,346
#4,518	Conlon	7,845	39,356
#4,519	Servin	7,842	39,371
#4,521	Mertz	7,841	39,376
#4,522	Stephan	7,840	39,381

Who is named Flora

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

90% of people named Flora identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flora

Flora has the Soundex code F460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F460.

Questions

Where does the surname Flora come from?: From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
How common is the surname Flora?: 7,837 people in the United States had the surname Flora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,396 Americans. It ranked 4,523rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flora?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Flora identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
How do you pronounce Flora?: Flora is /ˈflɔːɹə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Flora getting more or less common?: More common. 7,529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,837 in 2010, up 4.1%.
Is Flora also a first name?: Yes. Flora 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.