# Fawcett (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fawcett/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English from places in England derived from Old English words for “colourful slope”.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,381 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,454 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,385 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (6,149 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɔːsɪt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fawcett in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fawcett in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Fawcett

- Farrah Fawcett, American actress (1947–2009)
- Joy Fawcett, American soccer player
- George Fawcett, American actor (1860–1939)
- William Fawcett, American actor (1894-1974)
- Henry Fawcett, British academic, politician and economist (1833–1884)
- Charles Fernley Fawcett, American actor and filmmaker (1915-2008)
- Edgar Fawcett, American novelist and poet
- William Fawcett, British botanist (1851-1926)
- Maisie Carr, Australian ecologist (1912–1988)

## Similar surnames

Faucett, Fassett, Faucette, Fausett, Faust, Foust, Fugate, Fast, Feist, Faught, Festa, Focht.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.