The Faux surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,158 people carried this name — #22,260 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,129 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Faux surname
Either a variant of Faulks or borrowed from French Faux.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Faux» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,073 people named Faux.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Gironde.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faux.
- Faust 16,066 · U.S. census
- Faustin 992 · U.S. census
- Faustini 293 · U.S. census
- Faustino 1,657 · U.S. census
- Faut 140 · U.S. census
- Fauth 1,026 · U.S. census
- Fava 1,409 · U.S. census
- Favaro 405 · U.S. census
- Favero 769 · U.S. census
- Favier 166 · U.S. census
- Favre 1,198 · U.S. census
- Favreau 1,629 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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