Faeth is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Faeth
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

Faeth is a variation of the Faith. Christmas, Noel, Pentecost, etcFrom one who personated this Christian virtue in some medieval miracle play. The anniversary of St. Faith, virgin and martyr, occurs in the Roman calendar on the 6th of October; perhaps the original owner of this surname was born on that day. See - Originally imposed, as a baptismal name, in consequence of the individual having been born on the day of the festival. In like manner in France, Noel was first a Christian, afterwards a family name.

How popular is Faeth?

Faeth is common in United States.

Faeth is ranked 410854 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Faeths plummeted by 8.46 per cent to 433 since 2000 and slipped by 5659 spots and ranked at 48717. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.92 96.62
Others 2.77 0
Hispanic or Latino 1.62 1.69
Faeth is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Costa Rica have the last name. Around 849 people have been found who wears Faeth as their family name. Faeth have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Faeth:
43,688 United States692
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
87,104 Germany57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,845 Costa Rica41
66,405 Australia22
390,383 Indonesia12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
220,704 Canada8
553,295 Thailand6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Co. Faeth was 23 years old when he migrated to USA on May 15, 1850. He lived in Bavaria where he worked as baker and took Trident from Amsterdam. Confectioner Georg Faeth, Franz Faeth (20), Josepha Faeth (8), Laurenz Faeth, aged 26, Margaretha Faeth (26), Marie-Eva Faeth, aged 29, 52 years old Matthias Faeth, 44 years old Georg Faeth, and 54 other Faeth around 56.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as daughter and laborer migrated to US from Bremen, Havre and Rotterdam.

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