Last Name PHARAOH

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: A manifest imitative corruption of some local or other surname. The tendency to imitate Scripture names seems to have amounted to a fascination. Probably the local Farrow is the true parent.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 108,734 (2000 US census)
Count 151 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 80.79%, or 122 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.93%, or 15 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 4.64%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 4.64%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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