Explore the Family Name Faron

The meaning of Faron

1. Altered form of Irish Fearon. 2. French: from an inflected form of the ancient Germanic personal name Faro, a short form of compound names based on the element far, from fara ‘family’. Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Colette.

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How common is the last name Faron in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Faron has seen a decrease in popularity over the years. In 2000, it ranked 34,599th most popular surname, dropping to 40,144th position by 2010. This represents a change of -16.03%. The count of individuals with the Faron surname also decreased from 619 in the year 2000 to 546 in 2010, translating to an 11.79% decrease. Furthermore, the proportion of people named Faron per 100 thousand people fell by 17.39%, from 0.23 in 2000 to 0.19 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,599	#40,144	-16.03%
Count	619	546	-11.79%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.19	-17.39%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Faron

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of people with the surname Faron identify as White, with a slight decrease from 96.12% in 2000 to 95.24% in 2010. There was no recorded change in the number of Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals with this surname. However, there was a noticeable increase in those identifying as Hispanic, from 1.13% in 2000 to 2.93% in 2010, a growth of 159.29%. On the other hand, those identifying as Black decreased slightly from 1.29% to 0.92%, while the percentage of individuals identifying as two or more races dropped to zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.12%	95.24%	-0.92%
Hispanic	1.13%	2.93%	159.29%
Black	1.29%	0.92%	-28.68%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.13%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%