How common is the surname Faith?

3,981 people in the United States had the surname Faith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,555 Americans. It ranked 8,323rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Faith?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Faith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Faith?

Tyler Faith, American pornographic actress.

Where is the surname Faith most common?

Wikidata records people named Faith in the United States.

Is the surname Faith getting more or less common?

More common. 3,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,981 in 2010, up 9.9%.

Is Faith also a first name?

Yes. Faith is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Faith

A surname, carried by 3,981 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F300 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faith is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname, also used as a stage name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,981 people named Faith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,555 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,624.

#8,323

rank among US surnames

3,981

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,386)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,317	Odle	3,984	77,496
#8,320	Michalak	3,983	77,516
#8,322	Kantor	3,982	77,535
#8,323	Fleischer	3,981	77,555
#8,328	Bowker	3,980	77,574
#8,330	Sawicki	3,977	77,633

Who is named Faith

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

92% of people named Faith identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Faiths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tyler Faith
American pornographic actress, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faith

Faith has the Soundex code F300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F300.

Questions

How common is the surname Faith?: 3,981 people in the United States had the surname Faith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,555 Americans. It ranked 8,323rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faith?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Faith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Faith?: Tyler Faith, American pornographic actress.
Where is the surname Faith most common?: Wikidata records people named Faith in the United States.
Is the surname Faith getting more or less common?: More common. 3,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,981 in 2010, up 9.9%.
Is Faith also a first name?: Yes. Faith is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.