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    The surname Fath

    A surname, carried by 1,398 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F300

    Fath: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fath #19,348, 1,398 people Fath: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fath #19,348, 1,398 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fath is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,398 people named Fath in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,384.

    #19,348
    rank among US surnames
    1,398
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #18,425)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,341Knapik1,399220,690
    #19,348Casarrubias1,398220,848

    Who is named Fath

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

    95% of people named Fath identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Faths

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Farah Fath
      American actress, born 1984

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fath

    Fath 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 Fath?
    1,398 people in the United States had the surname Fath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. It ranked 19,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fath?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Fath?
    Farah Fath, American actress.
    Where is the surname Fath most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fath in the United States.
    Is the surname Fath getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,398 in 2010, up 1.0%.