Faight Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Faight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Faight Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Faight Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Faight is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Faight? popularity and diffusion

Faight is the 2,273,756th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Faight are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 5,253,028. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 70 percent live, Ohio, where 20 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent live.

Faight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Faight has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Faight last name increased 1,380 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Faight Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Faight surname are 18.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72% being registered with the party.

Faight earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.45% less than the national average, earning $39,503 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fight91323/
Faght910/
Faught834,892/
Feight83816/
Fights83142/
Foight8388/
Faiget8328/
Vaight838/
Fieght832/
Faighe830/
Fighte830/
Faunght771/
Pfaught771/
Faige7334/
Vight7330/
Vaght733/
Feght731/
Faghs731/
Fighs731/
Vaught6712,311/
Voight675,270/
Fought671,838/
Fageeh671,716/
Veight6757/
Feught6710/
Faigge671/
Faigeľ671/
Vayght671/
Faughd671/
Feighs670/
Vaaght670/
Phight670/
Vieght670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Faight
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