Faas is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Faas
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name worn Lorraine, also present in Germany. This is hypocoristic a Christian name which can be either Gervais (Latin Gervasius) or Servais (Latin Servatius, which also exists as a surname), a name popularized by a bishop of Tongeren, Belgium. There is also the variant Vaas.

How popular is Faas?

Faas is common in United States.

Faas is ranked 82934 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Faases grew by 7.662083 per cent to 1096 since 2000 and ranked 23251 after elevating 75 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.26 96.66
Hispanic or Latino 1.46 0.59
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.19 0.88
Others 1 1.38
Faas is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Netherlands which signifies that it is originated from Netherlands. Around 5260 people have been found who wears Faas as their family name. Faas is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
381,097 Ukraine4
127,708 Czech Republic3
34,681 Norway2
124,220 Italy2
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
169,904 Brazil1
34,581 Chile1
49,101 Denmark1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
25,746 Finland1
29,046 Japan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
40,340 Malaysia1
29,774 Venezuela1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
192,584 Russia48
33,012 Belgium45
83,908 England38
58,491 Australia32
14,048 Ireland16
86,938 Spain14
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,957 Switzerland81
Countries with hundreds of Faas:
10,556 Germany941
20,379 South Africa292
17,676 Canada206
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Faas:
1,152 Netherlands1,790
20,506 United States1,562
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Sebastian Faas worked as carpenter while Pauling Faas was Carpenter and hailed from Germany. During the great famine, 25 years old Pauling embarked for USA from London on Arrick and arrived on March 20, 1849.

Comments

J
Judson Tart
 faas is a surname of Alsace-Lorraine and, represents a variation going, GERMAN PART form Gervais, baptismal name from the name of Gervasius saint, martyr under diocletien with his twin brother protais saint.

Faas Namesakes

  • Farhaan Faasil, Actor
  • Fahadh Faasil, Film actor
  • Fahadh Faasil, Film actor
  • Fahadh Faasil, Film actor
  • Bebe Faas Rice, Author
  • Fahadh Faasil, Film actor
  • Farhaan Faasil, Actor
  • Fahadh Faasil, Film actor
  • Ina van Faassen, Actress
  • Horst Faas, Journalist

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