How common is the surname Faison?

8,320 people in the United States had the surname Faison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,109 Americans. It ranked 4,267th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Faison?

Donald Faison, American actor, followed by Frankie Faison.

Where is the surname Faison most common?

Wikidata records people named Faison in the United States, Belgium and Australia.

Is the surname Faison getting more or less common?

More common. 7,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,320 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Faison

A surname, carried by 8,320 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faison is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,320 people named Faison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,109 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,728.

#4,267

rank among US surnames

8,320

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,242)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,263	Camara	8,324	37,091
#4,265	Hauck	8,322	37,100
#4,266	Hutcheson	8,321	37,104
#4,267	Faison	8,320	37,109
#4,269	Melchor	8,319	37,113

Who is named Faison

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

75% of people named Faison identified as Black (not Hispanic), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 75%
White (not Hispanic) 19%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Faisons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Donald Faison
American actor, born 1974
Frankie Faison
American actor, born 1949
Marcus Faison
Belgian-American basketball player, born 1978
Sam Sparro
Australian singer-songwriter and former child actor, born 1982

Notable Faisons come mostly from the United States (2), Belgium (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faison

Faison has the Soundex code F250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F250.

Questions

How common is the surname Faison?: 8,320 people in the United States had the surname Faison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,109 Americans. It ranked 4,267th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faison?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Faison identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Faison?: Donald Faison, American actor, followed by Frankie Faison.
Where is the surname Faison most common?: Wikidata records people named Faison in the United States, Belgium and Australia.
Is the surname Faison getting more or less common?: More common. 7,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,320 in 2010, up 7.7%.