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The surname McFerren

A surname, carried by 1,033 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M216

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McFerren is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,033 people named McFerren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,012.

#24,288
rank among US surnames
1,033
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+2.1%
change since 2000 (was #23,428)

Who is named McFerren

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

69% of people named McFerren identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 69%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McFerren

McFerren has the Soundex code M216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M216.

Questions

How common is the surname McFerren?
1,033 people in the United States had the surname McFerren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McFerren?
In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named McFerren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McFerren getting more or less common?
More common. 1,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 2.1%.