Explore the Family Name Flaming

The meaning of Flaming

1. German (rarely Fläming): ethnic name for someone from Flanders, from Middle High German vlaeminc. See also Flemming. 2. Altered form of Dutch Vlaming, cognate with 1 above. 3. English: variant of Fleming, cognate with 1 above.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Flaming has seen a decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 27,802 in popularity, but by 2010, it had fallen to rank 30,339, marking a 9.13% decrease. The number of people with the Flaming surname also declined during this period from 814 to 771, representing a drop of 5.28%. Its proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 13.33%, from 0.3 in 2000 to 0.26 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,802	#30,339	-9.13%
Count	814	771	-5.28%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.26	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Flaming

In terms of ethnicity, the Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Flaming surname identify as White, with a slight decrease in this category over the decade—94.35% in 2000 to 93.64% in 2010. There were no individuals with the Flaming surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in either year. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 102.5%, moving from 1.6% to 3.24%. However, the percentage of those identifying as Black fell from 2.83% to 1.3%. Notably, there was an emergence of people identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, which was not present in the previous census. Those identifying with two or more races dropped from 0.86% in 2000 to zero in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.35%	93.64%	-0.75%
Hispanic	1.6%	3.24%	102.5%
Black	2.83%	1.3%	-54.06%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.04%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.86%	0%	0%