Fake is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fake
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

Fake is a variant of Fazakerly. A township in the parish of Walton, county of Lancaster.

How popular is Fake?

Fake is common in United States, India, England.

Fake is ranked 254919 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Fakes plummeted by 5.45 per cent to 746 since 2000 and slipped by 2647 spots and ranked at 31107. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.64 95.44
Others 1.74 1.52
Hispanic or Latino 1.61 0.89
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.8 1.01
Fake is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Cameroon. Around 1547 people have been found who wears Fake as their family name. Fake is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Fake:
34,591 United States919
88,513 India262
26,761 England146
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,965 Cameroon73
79,223 DR Congo55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
239,866 Indonesia26
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
37,248 Niger10
160,212 Iran9
25,488 Scotland7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Bernhard Fake worked as farmer and hailed from Lengerich, Germany. 5 years old embarked for Iowa from Bremen on America and arrived on October 23, 1863. Ernst-Fr. Fake, aged 20, Friedrich-August Fake (23) Miller, Friedrich-Joseph Fake (40) Farmer, Friedrich-Wilhelm Fake, aged 65, Farmer Kath.Louise Fake, 7 years old Lisette Fake, Ludwig-W. Fake, aged 18, Marg.Elise Fake (14) Farmer, are others that migrated to US.

Fake Namesakes

  • Caterina Fake, American entrepreneur and businesswoman
  • Chen Fake, Chinese martial artist
  • Nathan Fake, British electronic music artist

Fake Namesakes

  • Caterina Fake, American entrepreneur and businesswoman
  • Chen Fake, Chinese martial artist
  • Nathan Fake, British electronic music artist

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