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    The surname Funchess

    A surname, carried by 1,228 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F522

    Funchess: #21,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Funchess #21,330, 1,228 people Funchess: #21,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Funchess #21,330, 1,228 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Funchess is more common than 86.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,228 people named Funchess in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,075.

    #21,330
    rank among US surnames
    1,228
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,352)

    Who is named Funchess

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

    77% of people named Funchess identified as Black (not Hispanic), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 77%
    • White (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Funchess

    Funchess has the Soundex code F522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F522.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Funchess?
    1,228 people in the United States had the surname Funchess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Funchess?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Funchess identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Funchess getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, up 14%.