The surname Fant
A surname, carried by 4,111 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex F530
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,111 people named Fant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,102 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,910.
#8,055
rank among US surnames
4,111
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+5.1%
change since 2000 (was #7,854)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8,046 | Copenhaver | 4,113 | 75,066 |
| #8,049 | Rabon | 4,112 | 75,084 |
| #8,055 | Fant | 4,111 | 75,102 |
| #8,060 | Ginsberg | 4,110 | 75,121 |
Who is named Fant
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
60% of people named Fant identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 60%
- Black (not Hispanic) 34%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Fant has the Soundex code F530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F530.
Questions
- How common is the surname Fant?
- 4,111 people in the United States had the surname Fant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,102 Americans. It ranked 8,055th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Fant?
- In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Fant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Fant getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,111 in 2010, up 5.1%.