How common is the surname Fausett?

1,024 people in the United States had the surname Fausett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. It ranked 24,446th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fausett?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fausett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fausett getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,024 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname Fausett

A surname, carried by 1,024 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fausett is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,024 people named Fausett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,159.

#24,446

rank among US surnames

1,024

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-11.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,113)

Who is named Fausett

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

93% of people named Fausett identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fausett

Fausett 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 Fausett?: 1,024 people in the United States had the surname Fausett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. It ranked 24,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fausett?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fausett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fausett getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,024 in 2010, down 12%.