How common is the surname Fyfe?

1,664 people in the United States had the surname Fyfe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,544 Americans. It ranked 17,063rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fyfe?

Iain Fyfe, Australian soccer player.

Where is the surname Fyfe most common?

Wikidata records people named Fyfe in Australia.

Is the surname Fyfe getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,664 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Fyfe

A surname, carried by 1,664 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fyfe is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,664 people named Fyfe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,544 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,742.

#17,063

rank among US surnames

1,664

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,439)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,056	Stem	1,665	185,433
#17,063	Lasko	1,664	185,544
#17,072	Flinchum	1,663	185,656

Who is named Fyfe

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

92% of people named Fyfe identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fyfes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Iain Fyfe
Australian soccer player, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fyfe

Fyfe has the Soundex code F100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F100.

Questions

How common is the surname Fyfe?: 1,664 people in the United States had the surname Fyfe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,544 Americans. It ranked 17,063rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fyfe?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fyfe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fyfe?: Iain Fyfe, Australian soccer player.
Where is the surname Fyfe most common?: Wikidata records people named Fyfe in Australia.
Is the surname Fyfe getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,664 in 2010, down 4.5%.