Faist is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.
Family Name / Last Name: Faist
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Name worn in Alsace-Lorraine. It is also found in the forms Grant, Fess, Faisst. It is a nickname given to a fat person (modern German feist).
How popular is Faist?
Faist is ranked 182195 on our list.
As per 2010 US census, number of Faists plummeted by 10.16949 per cent to 371 since 2000 and slipped by 7277 spots and ranked at 55386. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
---|---|---|
White | 98.11 | 97.34 |
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
179,761
Australia6
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5,332
Estonia3
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95,312
Argentina2
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18,718
Thailand2
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1,704,541
India1
![](https://surnameslist.org/design/flags/India.png)
169,904
Brazil1
![](https://surnameslist.org/design/flags/Brazil.png)
19,810
Croatia1
![](https://surnameslist.org/design/flags/Croatia.png)
107,212
South Africa1
![](https://surnameslist.org/design/flags/South Africa.png)
289,511
England1
![](https://surnameslist.org/design/flags/England.png)
90,903
Moldova1
![](https://surnameslist.org/design/flags/Moldova.png)
15,162
Costa Rica1
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199,150
Kazakhstan1
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Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
61,670
Canada48
![](https://surnameslist.org/design/flags/Canada.png)
33,991
Czech Republic39
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406,964
Russia14
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220,909
Ukraine12
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Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,572
Switzerland72
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Countries with hundreds of Faist:
10,136
Germany975
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50,194
United States529
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9,948
Austria131
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84,907
France110
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