How common is the last name Farmer?

66,667 people in the United States have the last name Farmer, about 1 in 4,483. It ranks #490 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FARMER

#490

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
66,667
About
1 in 4,483
This common or more
31.7%
Who bears it

Of the 66,667 people with the last name Farmer, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 16.7% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Farmer

#488 Gallagher · 67,066#489 Malone · 66,928#491 Hampton · 66,633#492 Townsend · 66,493

Spelled almost the same

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

#15,091 Farner · 1,877#114,090 Farmar · 163#149,446 Farmery · 110

Also a first name

As a first name, Farmer ranks #28,373 of 53,615, with 317 people. See Farmer as a first name

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