Failey is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Failey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Failey

How popular is Failey?

Failey is ranked 695836 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Faileies plummeted by 5.291005 per cent to 179 since 2000 and slipped by 10139 spots and ranked at 100791. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 51.96 42.33
White 36.31 48.68
Hispanic or Latino 10.06 8.47
Failey is a very rare surname, few people in United States have the family name and might be arised from United States. Around 285 people have been found who wears Failey as their family name. Few people around the world have Failey as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
212,166 Canada9
214,847 Australia4
29,595 Iran1
36,678 Singapore1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
83,908 England38
Countries with hundreds of Failey:
98,057 United States231

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Failey worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Elsinor and arrived on April 5, 1849. Mary Failey (20) Immigrant, Margaret Failey (16) Maid, Bernd. Failey, aged 35, Maid Catherine Failey, Patt Failey, aged 20, are others that migrated to US.

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