How common is the surname Faas?

1,096 people in the United States had the surname Faas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,702 Americans. It ranked 23,251st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Faas?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Faas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Faas getting more or less common?

More common. 1,018 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,096 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Faas

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,096 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faas is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch Faas or German Faas.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,096 people named Faas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,702 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,018.

#23,251

rank among US surnames

1,096

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #23,326)

Who is named Faas

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Faas identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faas

Fahs

Faas has the Soundex code F200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F200.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Faas come from?: Borrowed from Dutch Faas or German Faas.
How common is the surname Faas?: 1,096 people in the United States had the surname Faas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,702 Americans. It ranked 23,251st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faas?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Faas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Faas getting more or less common?: More common. 1,018 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,096 in 2010, up 7.7%.