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    The surname Pharis

    A surname, carried by 1,176 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P620

    Pharis: #22,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pharis #22,047, 1,176 people Pharis: #22,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pharis #22,047, 1,176 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pharis is more common than 86.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,176 people named Pharis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,539 Americans. That is down 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,451.

    #22,047
    rank among US surnames
    1,176
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -19%
    change since 2000 (was #17,791)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,047Whistler1,176262,539
    #22,056Hopf1,175262,762

    Who is named Pharis

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

    94% of people named Pharis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pharis

    Pharis 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 Pharis?
    1,176 people in the United States had the surname Pharis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,539 Americans. It ranked 22,047th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pharis?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pharis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pharis getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,176 in 2010, down 19%.