How common is the surname Foraker?

1,785 people in the United States had the surname Foraker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,967 Americans. It ranked 16,188th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Foraker?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Foraker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Foraker?

Joseph B. Foraker, American politician from Ohio (1846-1917).

Where is the surname Foraker most common?

Wikidata records people named Foraker in the United States.

Is the surname Foraker getting more or less common?

More common. 1,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,785 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Foraker

A surname, carried by 1,785 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foraker is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,785 people named Foraker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,967 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,742.

#16,188

rank among US surnames

1,785

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,439)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,179	Rickards	1,786	172,870
#16,188	Pidgeon	1,785	172,967
#16,191	Paolucci	1,784	173,064
#16,195	Pincus	1,783	173,161

Who is named Foraker

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

95% of people named Foraker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Forakers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph B. Foraker
American politician from Ohio (1846-1917)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Foraker

Foraker has the Soundex code F626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F626.

Questions

How common is the surname Foraker?: 1,785 people in the United States had the surname Foraker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,967 Americans. It ranked 16,188th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Foraker?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Foraker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Foraker?: Joseph B. Foraker, American politician from Ohio (1846-1917).
Where is the surname Foraker most common?: Wikidata records people named Foraker in the United States.
Is the surname Foraker getting more or less common?: More common. 1,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,785 in 2010, up 2.5%.