Faust

At the 2020 census, 15,035 Americans bore the surname Faust — 2,366th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 19,900.

By the numbers

People: 15,035
Rank: 2,366th
How common: 1 in 19,900
Per 100,000: 5.0

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Faust described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 82.6%
Black, not Hispanic 10.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Faust

Johann Georg Faust (1480–1540)German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician
Drew Gilpin Faust (born 1947)American historian and board member, director at Goldman Sachs
Lauren Faust (born 1974)American animator, writer, voice director, and storyboard artist
Frederick Schiller Faust (1892–1944)American novelist, and short story writer
Isabelle Faust (born 1972)German classical violinist
Bård Faust (born 1974)Norwegian drummer
Chad Faust (born 1980)Canadian actor
Martin Faust (1886–1943)actor

People named Faust with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Faust

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.