The Farris surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,877 people carried this name — #1,179 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,870 people counted. That is up 3% from 28,928 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Farris surname
A surname from Sardinian.
From Sardinian farris (“barley flour”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Farris» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Farris.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Calvados.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Farris in American newspapers,
1897–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Farris,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giles W. Farris 1874–1947 · politician -
Ion Farris 1878–1934 · lawyer -
John Wallace de Beque Farris 1878–1970 · lawyer -
Catherine Dufens 1642–1709
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Evlyn Fenwick Farris 1878–1971
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Edmond John Farris 1907– · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Farris.
- Farner 2,667 · U.S. census
- Faro 947 · U.S. census
- Faron 546 · U.S. census
- Farque 137 · U.S. census
- Farran 750 · U.S. census
- Farres 146 · U.S. census
- Farrugia 754 · U.S. census
- Fasano 3,107 · U.S. census
- Fasola 167 · U.S. census
- Fasoli 184 · U.S. census
- Fasolo 318 · U.S. census
- Fass 912 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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