How common is the last name Fleming?

86,848 people in the United States have the last name Fleming, about 1 in 3,442. It ranks #350 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FLEMING

#350

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
86,848
About
1 in 3,442
This common or more
28.2%
Who bears it

Of the 86,848 people with the last name Fleming, 69.5% reported their origin as White, 22% as Black and 4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Fleming

#348 Neal · 87,995#349 Craig · 87,675#351 Sutton · 86,836#352 Leonard · 86,736

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,508 Flemming · 6,094#17,524 Flemings · 1,576#27,948 Flaming · 910#33,269 Flemmings · 738#34,480 Flemons · 708#60,024 Flamini · 363#84,529 Flemon · 239#137,553 Flamino · 126

Also a first name

As a first name, Fleming ranks #21,875 of 53,615, with 460 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1917, with 27 births. See Fleming as a first name

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