# Fast (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fast/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,929 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,838 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,639 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.7% (4,621 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fast in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fast in the United States and Sweden.

## People named Fast

- Howard Fast, American novelist (1914–2003)
- Ernst Fast, athletics competitor (1881-1959)

## Similar surnames

Faust, Fassett, Fausto, Fausett, Feast, Foust, Fugate, Fawcett, Feist, Faught, Festa, Faucett.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.