How common is the surname Faul?

2,916 people in the United States had the surname Faul in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,880 Americans. It ranked 10,914th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Faul getting more or less common?

More common. 2,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,916 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Faul

A surname, carried by 2,916 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faul is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,916 people named Faul in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,880 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,520.

#10,914

rank among US surnames

2,916

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+15.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,464)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,907	Gleeson	2,919	105,771
#10,910	Goodyear	2,918	105,807
#10,912	Edelstein	2,917	105,844
#10,914	Kinchen	2,916	105,880
#10,919	Philbrick	2,915	105,916
#10,923	Kirkendall	2,914	105,952

Who is named Faul

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

89% of people named Faul identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faul

Faul has the Soundex code F400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F400.

Questions

How common is the surname Faul?: 2,916 people in the United States had the surname Faul in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,880 Americans. It ranked 10,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faul?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Faul identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Faul getting more or less common?: More common. 2,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,916 in 2010, up 16%.