Faster Surname
Approximately 331 people bear this surname
Faster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 116 | 1:3,124,646 | 180,867 |
| Germany | 70 | 1:1,150,078 | 75,714 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 38 | 1:116,575 | 6,975 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 62 | 1:393,151 | 23,809 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 630 | 1:79,712 | 8,404 |
The alternate forms: Fäster (1) are calculated separately.
Faster (396) may also be a first name.
Faster Demographics
Faster Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Faster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faster (Arabic: فستر, Marathi: तेर) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Fäster. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Faster? popularity and diffusion
The last name Faster is the 833,931st most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 39 percent of Faster reside; 36 percent reside in North America and 35 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 434,130th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 396 people.
This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 3,124,646. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 29 percent live, New York, where 15 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 21 percent live and Belgium, where 9 percent live.
Faster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Faster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Faster last name fell 82 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 97 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it fell 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Faster Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (39%) in Ireland.
In The United States Faster are 17.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70.59% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Faster earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.46% less than the national average, earning R 134,364 per year and in United States they earn 26.5% more than the national average, earning $54,585 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faster Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faster in the Marathi language | ||
| तेर | tera | - |
| Faster in the Arabic language | ||
| فستر | fstr | - |
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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
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- 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 Faster
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