Fait surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Fait surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 623 people carried this name — #35,993 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 7% from 672 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 154 people named Fait live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 95
Córdoba 46
City of Buenos Aires 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 118 people named Fait.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Pas-de-Calais 87
Somme 4
Isère 2
Aisne 2
Hérault 1
Landes 1
Eure-et-Loir 1
Haute-Savoie 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

116 people named Fait have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 255 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Opole 93
Pomeranian 14
Lesser Poland 7
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Fait,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emanuel Fait
    Emanuel Fait 1854–1929 · teacher
  • Carlo Fait 1877–1968 · sculptor
  • Carlo Fait 1877–1968 · sculptor
  • Carlo Fait 1877–1968 · sculptor
  • Miloslav Fait 1901–1945 · teacher
  • František Fait 1906– · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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