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Famous Surname


Frequency of Famous in the US

2000 US Census

Accoring to the US Census Bureau, FAMOUS ranked #67,725 in frequency out of 151,671 surnames for which statistics were released from the 2000 Census. 272 people, or approximately 1 in every 991,772 individuals in the US had this surname in 2000.

Name Rank Count Percent
Non-Hispanic Hispanic
(of any
race)
White Black American
Indian/
Alaskan
Native 		Asian/
Pacific
Islander 		Two
or More
Races
FAMOUS67,72527264.71%30.15%2.57%1.84%
US Top 151,671 269,762,087 69.8% 11.8% 0.7% 3.7% 1.7% 12.3%

Source: "Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000", US Census Bureau.

Famous Graves on Histopolis

Histopolis currently has 2 grave(s) with the surname Famous.

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Resource Links for Famous


Famous Genealogy and Family History Research [DistantCousin.com]
http://distantcousin.com/SurnameResources/Surname.asp?Surname=Famous (21 Jul 2007)

Famous Surname Resource Center [SurnameWeb.org]
http://www.surnameweb.org/Famous/surnames.htm

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Surnames that Sound Like Famous

The surname Famous has a Soundex code of F520. The following 168 surname(s) may sound similar to Famous since they share the same Soundex code.

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