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    The surname Friday

    A surname, carried by 6,980 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F630

    Friday: #5,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Friday #5,029, 6,980 people Friday: #5,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Friday #5,029, 6,980 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Friday is more common than 96.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,980 people named Friday in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,233 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,750.

    #5,029
    rank among US surnames
    6,980
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,780)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,023Victoria6,98944,176
    #5,024Boynton6,98344,214
    #5,026Min6,98244,220
    #5,029Heffner6,98044,233

    Who is named Friday

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

    61% of people named Friday identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fridays

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nancy Friday
      American author (1933–2017)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Friday

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Friday?
    6,980 people in the United States had the surname Friday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,233 Americans. It ranked 5,029th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Friday?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Friday identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Friday?
    Nancy Friday, American author (1933–2017).
    Where is the surname Friday most common?
    Wikidata records people named Friday in the United States.
    Is the surname Friday getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,980 in 2010, up 3.4%.