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The surname Flournoy

A surname, carried by 5,344 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈflɔɹ.nɔɪ/ 2 syllables Soundex F465

Flournoy: #6,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Flournoy #6,370, 5,344 people Flournoy: #6,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Flournoy #6,370, 5,344 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flournoy is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,344 people named Flournoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,774 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,104.

#6,370
rank among US surnames
5,344
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+4.7%
change since 2000 (was #6,180)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,362Groce5,35157,699
#6,363Penner5,34957,720
#6,367Peabody5,34557,763
#6,370Mix5,34457,774
#6,373Brazil5,34357,785
#6,375Rego5,34257,796

Who is named Flournoy

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

50% of people named Flournoy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 50%
  • White (not Hispanic) 43%
  • Two or more races 3.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Flournoys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Michèle Flournoy
    American defense policy advisor, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flournoy

Flournoy has the Soundex code F465, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F465.

Questions

How common is the surname Flournoy?
5,344 people in the United States had the surname Flournoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,774 Americans. It ranked 6,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flournoy?
In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Flournoy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Flournoy?
Michèle Flournoy, American defense policy advisor.
Where is the surname Flournoy most common?
Wikidata records people named Flournoy in the United States.
How do you pronounce Flournoy?
Flournoy is /ˈflɔɹ.nɔɪ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Flournoy getting more or less common?
More common. 5,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,344 in 2010, up 4.7%.