The surname Faucher
A surname, carried by 2,562 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F260
Origin
* As a French surname, from the ancient Germanic/Frankish name Falchari, composed of *falkō (“falcon”) + *hari (“army”). * Also as a French surname, altered from Foucher.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,562 people named Faucher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,510 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,411.
Who is named Faucher
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Faucher identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Faucher has the Soundex code F260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F260.
Questions
- Where does the surname Faucher come from?
- * As a French surname, from the ancient Germanic/Frankish name Falchari, composed of *falkō (“falcon”) + *hari (“army”). * Also as a French surname, altered from Foucher.
- How common is the surname Faucher?
- 2,562 people in the United States had the surname Faucher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,510 Americans. It ranked 12,164th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Faucher?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Faucher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Faucher getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,562 in 2010, up 6.3%.