The surname Faw
A surname, carried by 1,270 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex F000
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,270 people named Faw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,241.
#20,792
rank among US surnames
1,270
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+2.3%
change since 2000 (was #20,006)
Who is named Faw
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Faw identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Faw
Faw has the Soundex code F000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F000.
Questions
- How common is the surname Faw?
- 1,270 people in the United States had the surname Faw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. It ranked 20,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Faw?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Faw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Faw getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,270 in 2010, up 2.3%.