Farris

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English

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Proper noun

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Farris (countable and uncountable, plural Farrises)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Farris is the 1179th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29877 individuals. Farris is most common among White (81.56%) and Black/African American (12.51%) individuals.

Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Sardinian farris (barley flour).

Proper noun

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Farris m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Sardinian

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From a reanalysis of Farrisvatnet as Farris + vatn; from Old Norse *Fareiðsvatn, where the first part is *Fareið, from far (passage) +‎ eið (isthmus). Last part from vatn (water; lake)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Farris n

  1. a lake in Larvik, Vestfold, and Siljan, Telemark, Norway
    Synonym: Farrisvatnet

Derived terms

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