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    The surname Fawcett

    A surname, carried by 6,381 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈfɔːsɪt/ 2 syllables Soundex F230

    Fawcett: #5,454 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fawcett #5,454, 6,381 people Fawcett: #5,454 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fawcett #5,454, 6,381 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fawcett is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,381 people named Fawcett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,385 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,149.

    #5,454
    rank among US surnames
    6,381
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,218)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,451Lett6,38548,355
    #5,452Dawes6,38348,370
    #5,453Hsieh6,38248,378
    #5,454Fawcett6,38148,385

    Who is named Fawcett

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

    92% of people named Fawcett identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fawcetts

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Farrah Fawcett
      American actress (1947–2009)
    • Joy Fawcett
      American soccer player, born 1968
    • 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, 1847–1904
    • William Fawcett
      British botanist (1851-1926)
    • Maisie Carr
      Australian ecologist (1912–1988)

    Notable Fawcetts come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fawcett

    Fawcett 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 Fawcett?
    6,381 people in the United States had the surname Fawcett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,385 Americans. It ranked 5,454th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fawcett?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fawcett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Fawcett?
    Farrah Fawcett, American actress (1947–2009), followed by Joy Fawcett.
    Where is the surname Fawcett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fawcett in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.
    How do you pronounce Fawcett?
    Fawcett is /ˈfɔːsɪt/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Fawcett getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,381 in 2010, up 3.8%.