How common is the surname Fast?

4,929 people in the United States had the surname Fast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,639 Americans. It ranked 6,838th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fast?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fast?

Howard Fast, American novelist (1914–2003), followed by Ernst Fast.

Where is the surname Fast most common?

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

Is the surname Fast getting more or less common?

More common. 4,621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,929 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Fast

A surname, carried by 4,929 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fast is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,929 people named Fast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,639 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,621.

#6,838

rank among US surnames

4,929

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,729)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,835	Fleury	4,934	62,575
#6,836	Habib	4,932	62,600
#6,837	Hallock	4,930	62,626
#6,838	Fast	4,929	62,639

Who is named Fast

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

95% of people named Fast identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fasts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Fasts come mostly from the United States (1) and Sweden (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fast

Fast has the Soundex code F230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F230.

Questions

How common is the surname Fast?: 4,929 people in the United States had the surname Fast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,639 Americans. It ranked 6,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fast?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fast?: Howard Fast, American novelist (1914–2003), followed by Ernst Fast.
Where is the surname Fast most common?: Wikidata records people named Fast in the United States and Sweden.
Is the surname Fast getting more or less common?: More common. 4,621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,929 in 2010, up 6.7%.