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

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

Fast is a variant form of Fastolfe. A great Norfolk family, one of whose members Shakspeare is supposed to have caricatured in his immortal Sir John Falstaff. The name seems to be Scandinavian, and personal. It appears from Domesday, that a Fastolf held one church in the borough of Stamford, county of Lincoln, freely from the king.

How popular is Fast?

Fast is common in United States, Germany, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Ukraine, Egypt, Morocco, Mexico, Finland, England, Brazil.

Fast is ranked 30172 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fast bearers increased by 6.67 per cent in 2010 US census to 4929 since 2000, the surname slipped by 109 spots and ranked at 6838. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.85 96.39
Hispanic or Latino 1.93 1.28
Others 1.54 1.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.71 0.61
Black 0.57 0.13
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.32
Fast is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Sweden is ahead in terms of density. Around 17735 people have been found who wears Fast as their family name. Fast is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fast:
5,900 United States7,448
3,305 Germany3,238
1,762 Canada3,119
681 Sweden1,336
Countries with hundreds of Fast:
1,748 Denmark317
14,774 Saudi Arabia278
5,415 Austria252
31,886 Ukraine191
28,715 Egypt183
42,794 Morocco136
13,026 Mexico126
5,522 Finland123
30,074 England122
65,527 Brazil103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,117 Australia96
1,954 Paraguay94
181,432 India85
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
39,900 Netherlands47
63,321 Argentina42
16,333 Norway41
83,030 Italy38
71,240 Poland38
9,677 Uruguay35
41,724 Czechia31
103,459 South Africa21
51,703 Pakistan16
356,066 Indonesia14
197,164 Philippines13
6,554 China11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
42,601 Kyrgyzstan10
306,885 France9
62,476 Israel8
134,908 Malaysia8
77,571 Switzerland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Fra. Fast from Germany aboard the Held from Hamburg. She is registered to be 23 years old when she arrived in USA on May 22, 1851. Farmer and mechanic Fz. Fast, Maria Fast (23), Wilh. Fast, aged 26, 3 years old Heinrich Fast, Joiner Heinrich Fast, Johann Fast (1), Justine Fast, aged 10 months old, Marie Fast, aged 26, and 47 other Fast around 33.33% of whom were farmer while others worked as joiner and laborer, merchant migrated to US.

Fast Namesakes

  • Ernst Fast, was Swedish long distance runner
  • Christian Fast, was
  • Howard Fast, American novelist and television writer
  • Larry Fast, synthesizer expert and composer
  • Barbara Fast, former Major General in the United States Army
  • The Makers of the Dead Travel Fast, musical artist
  • Ed Fast, Canadian Conservative politician
  • Jonathan Fast, American author and social work teacher
  • Brad Fast, Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman

Fast Namesakes

  • Ernst Fast, was Swedish long distance runner
  • Christian Fast, was
  • Howard Fast, American novelist and television writer
  • Larry Fast, synthesizer expert and composer
  • Barbara Fast, former Major General in the United States Army
  • The Makers of the Dead Travel Fast, musical artist
  • Ed Fast, Canadian Conservative politician
  • Jonathan Fast, American author and social work teacher
  • Brad Fast, Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman

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