The FAYE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,410	18196	0.001	5
United States (1880 census)	269	15514	0.001	5
Change since 1880	+1141	-2682	0	0
Other Countries
Australia	15	63671	0	1
United Kingdom	133	20848	0	3

Top States for FAYE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	137	16862	0.000	4
New York	109	16464	0.001	6
Texas	79	17881	0.000	4
Florida	68	22936	0.000	4
Massachusetts	67	11113	0.001	11
Top States for FAYE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Vermont	11	7167	0.002	18
Hawaii	18	5998	0.001	15
Mississippi	42	5638	0.001	15
Rhode Island	13	10308	0.001	12
Connecticut	37	12031	0.001	11

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FAYE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FAYE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FAYE in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FAYE by picking someone at random in Vermont than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FAYE

Region of origin: Europe

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Ethnic distribution of FAYE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	314	22.27
Mixed Race	48	3.4
White (Hispanic)	30	2.13
White (Caucasian)	1,001	70.99
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FAYE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to FAYE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FAYE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.