Faraday is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Faraday
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Faraday

How popular is Faraday?

Faraday is ranked 159443 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Faradaies plummeted by 1.702128 per cent to 231 since 2000 and slipped by 5564 spots and ranked at 81772. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.42 89.36
Black 8.66 5.11
Faraday is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Ghana which may be its originating country too. Around 2322 people have been found who wears Faraday as their family name. Faraday is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
184,212 France3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
17,547 Colombia2
41,879 Turkey2
12,161 Wales2
21,929 Algeria2
147,165 Czech Republic2
20,186 Kenya2
91,784 Netherlands2
151,601 Spain1
37,493 Austria1
6,820 Angola1
31,584 Peru1
21,562 Portugal1
13,606 Senegal1
50,549 Georgia1
8,859 Iraq1
31,207 Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
172,258 Germany1
36,814 Romania1
120,357 Argentina1
36,678 Singapore1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,292 Vietnam1
62,864 New Zealand1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
359,634 India26
14,963 Scotland26
277,692 Indonesia21
6,594 Trinidad and Tobago14
11,059 Nigeria13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
28,444 Australia82
Countries with hundreds of Faraday:
5,019 Ghana559
13,982 England419
66,315 United States376
34,535 Philippines322
32,575 South Africa164
64,630 Brazil143
29,230 Canada115
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 50 years old workman John Faraday who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on July 7, 1849 by Kate Hunter put out from Liverpool. Catherine Faraday (20) Immigrant, Pat Faraday (16) Immigrant, Thomas Faraday, aged 13, Immigrant Rose Faraday, Bridget Faraday (7), Mechanic John Faraday, 26 years old John Faraday, Biddy Faraday, aged 24, are other Faraday that migrated to US.

Faraday Namesakes

  • Michael Faraday, Scientist
  • Michael Faraday, Scientist
  • Michael Faraday, Scientist
  • Nicole Faraday, Actress
  • Ann Faraday, Author
  • Tim Faraday, Actor
  • James Faraday, Michael Faraday's father
  • Tim Faraday, TV actor
  • Robin Faraday, Actress
  • Rex Faraday, Film Cinematographer

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