How common is the surname Pharr?

3,709 people in the United States had the surname Pharr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,242 Americans. It ranked 8,834th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pharr getting more or less common?

More common. 3,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,709 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Pharr

A surname, carried by 3,709 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pharr is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,709 people named Pharr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,242 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,686.

#8,834

rank among US surnames

3,709

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,268)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,828	Wolverton	3,711	83,197
#8,832	Mistry	3,710	83,220
#8,834	Stiltner	3,709	83,242
#8,841	Pinkham	3,706	83,310
#8,843	Colter	3,705	83,332

Who is named Pharr

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

68% of people named Pharr identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pharr

Pharr has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

Questions

How common is the surname Pharr?: 3,709 people in the United States had the surname Pharr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,242 Americans. It ranked 8,834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pharr?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Pharr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pharr getting more or less common?: More common. 3,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,709 in 2010, up 0.6%.