How common is the surname Focht?

2,085 people in the United States had the surname Focht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,079 Americans. It ranked 14,349th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Focht?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Focht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Focht getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,085 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Focht

A surname, carried by 2,085 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Focht is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,085 people named Focht in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,079 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,100.

#14,349

rank among US surnames

2,085

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,311)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,342	Rogowski	2,086	148,008
#14,349	Moir	2,085	148,079
#14,356	Maida	2,084	148,150
#14,358	Spatz	2,083	148,222

Who is named Focht

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

95% of people named Focht identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Focht

Focht 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 Focht?: 2,085 people in the United States had the surname Focht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,079 Americans. It ranked 14,349th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Focht?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Focht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Focht getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,085 in 2010, down 0.7%.