How common is the surname Phares?

3,691 people in the United States had the surname Phares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,648 Americans. It ranked 8,872nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Phares?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Phares identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Phares getting more or less common?

More common. 3,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,691 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Phares

A surname, carried by 3,691 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Phares is more common than 94.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,691 people named Phares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,648 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,318.

#8,872

rank among US surnames

3,691

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+11.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,059)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,865	Hoyos	3,694	83,580
#8,867	Bretz	3,693	83,603
#8,870	Cirillo	3,692	83,626
#8,872	Phares	3,691	83,648
#8,873	Gailey	3,690	83,671
#8,875	Laflamme	3,689	83,694
#8,878	Stanger	3,688	83,716

Who is named Phares

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

95% of people named Phares identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Phares

Phares has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

Questions

How common is the surname Phares?: 3,691 people in the United States had the surname Phares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,648 Americans. It ranked 8,872nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Phares?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Phares identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Phares getting more or less common?: More common. 3,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,691 in 2010, up 11%.