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    The surname Faux

    A French surname, carried by 1,158 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F200

    Faux: #22,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Faux #22,260, 1,158 people Faux: #22,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Faux #22,260, 1,158 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faux is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Either a variant of Faulks or borrowed from French Faux.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,158 people named Faux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,620 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,129.

    #22,260
    rank among US surnames
    1,158
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,553)

    Who is named Faux

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

    89% of people named Faux identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Faux come from?
    Either a variant of Faulks or borrowed from French Faux.
    How common is the surname Faux?
    1,158 people in the United States had the surname Faux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,620 Americans. It ranked 22,260th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Faux?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Faux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Faux getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,158 in 2010, up 2.6%.