The Faut surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 140 people carried this name — #123,064 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 136 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 97 people named Faut live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Faut.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 47 people named Faut 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Faut,
with a public archive behind them.
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Matthäus Faut 1826–1912 · pedagogue
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Pauline Faut 1861–1923 · director
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Adolf Faut 1873–1942 · theologian
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Ernest Faut 1879–1961 · painter
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Corinne Faut 1960– · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faut.
- Faus 544 · U.S. census
- Fausset 237 · U.S. census
- Faust 16,066 · U.S. census
- Faustin 992 · U.S. census
- Faustini 293 · U.S. census
- Faustino 1,657 · U.S. census
- Fauth 1,026 · U.S. census
- Faux 1,158 · U.S. census
- Fava 1,409 · U.S. census
- Favaro 405 · U.S. census
- Favero 769 · U.S. census
- Favier 166 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Faut is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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