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

The Fauth surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,026 people carried this name — #24,404 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,048 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 124 people named Fauth.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Bas-Rhin 101
Moselle 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Paris 4
Haut-Rhin 2
Hautes-Pyrénées 1
Vosges 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Fauth live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 12
Vaud 7
Valais 6
Fribourg 4
Bern 3
Zug 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Fauth,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Helena Katharina Fauth 1739–1819
  • Jacob Fauth 1757–1807 · parson
  • Franz Heinrich Fauth 1766–1820 · businessperson
  • Gottfried Fauth 1797–1829 · papermaker
  • Adolf Fauth 1836–1912 · writer
  • Franz Fauth 1841–1905 · teacher

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Fauth is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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