How rare is the last name Farah?

7,867 people in the United States have the last name Farah, about 1 in 37,994. It ranks #4,357 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FARAH

#4,357

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,867
About
1 in 37,994
This common or more
56.9%
Who bears it

Of the 7,867 people with the last name Farah, 57.3% reported their origin as Black, 34.9% as White and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Farah

#4,355 Meeker · 7,871#4,356 Leighton · 7,868#4,358 Wentworth · 7,866#4,359 True · 7,865

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Farah, most common first.

#32,541 Farrah · 757#48,977 Fara · 465#99,304 Farahi · 195

Also a first name

As a first name, Farah ranks #2,381 of 53,615, with 10,501 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2012, with 183 births. See Farah as a first name

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