Farris is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Farris
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Farris

How popular is Farris?

Farris is common in United States.

Farris is ranked 12844 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Farris bearers increased by 3.280559 per cent in 2010 US census to 29877 since 2000, the surname slipped by 71 spots and ranked at 1179. The last name was found in around 101 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.56 83.55
Black 12.51 12.13
Hispanic or Latino 2.51 1.56
Others 2.09 1.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.81 0.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.34
Farris is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 41183 people have been found who wears Farris as their family name. Farris is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
918,840 India5
381,097 Ukraine4
90,215 Germany3
127,708 Czech Republic3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
32,086 Mexico3
26,321 Israel3
4,367 Afghanistan2
9,185 Hong Kong2
23,344 Austria2
31,767 Greece2
18,625 Japan2
50,640 Switzerland2
18,718 Thailand2
54,135 Philippines2
24,269 Peru2
34,581 Chile1
11,510 Oman1
25,721 Egypt1
15,705 Cameroon1
123,175 Tanzania1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
8,859 Iraq1
24,771 Colombia1
165,773 Belarus1
58,885 Poland1
6,033 Benin1
6,967 Macedonia1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,895 South Korea1
717 Bhutan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
18,969 Wales1
38,830 Morocco1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,175 Singapore41
11,040 Scotland39
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
9,692 Ireland27
80,054 Spain18
24,534 New Zealand17
369,956 Indonesia14
442,509 Russia12
7,643 Trinidad and Tobago11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,588 Argentina75
26,687 Belgium59
Countries with hundreds of Farris:
6,481 Canada657
12,803 England468
5,324 Malaysia405
40,824 France245
56,243 Brazil175
16,647 Australia158
35,546 South Africa146
Countries with thousands of Farris:
2,487 Italy3,841
Countries with ten thousands of Farris:
1,092 United States34,683
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ellen Farris worked as workwoman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 40 years old embarked for USA from Belfast on Napoleon and arrived on July 21, 1849. Workman Thomas Farris, David Farris (25) Farmer, Maid Mary Farris, Elizabeth Farris, aged 56, Thomas Farris, aged 30, Immigrant Peter Farris, Immigrant Martha Farris, 9 years old Jane Farris, and 6 other Farris around 50% of whom were farmer migrated to US.

Farris Namesakes

  • Jordan Farris portrayed the leading character of Alan Jones in 2013 adventure and horror flick Army of Frankensteins.
  • Blake Farris, from 2015 thriller flick Underneath, who played Eric Linton.
  • Malesa Farris portrayed leading character of Melanie Huntington in 2012 drama, sci-fi film Fast Forward.
  • In 2011, Judd Farris played the role of Brian in comedy and drama film My Naked Villainy.

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