How common is the surname Faz?

2,128 people in the United States had the surname Faz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,087 Americans. It ranked 14,119th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Faz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,128 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Faz

A surname, carried by 2,128 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faz is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,128 people named Faz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,087 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,680.

#14,119

rank among US surnames

2,128

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+26.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,111	Shankar	2,130	144,951
#14,113	Militello	2,129	145,019
#14,119	Tritt	2,128	145,087
#14,127	Isidro	2,127	145,155

Who is named Faz

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

94% of people named Faz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 5.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Faz

Fazio

Faz has the Soundex code F200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F200.

Questions

How common is the surname Faz?: 2,128 people in the United States had the surname Faz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,087 Americans. It ranked 14,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Faz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Faz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,128 in 2010, up 27%.