How Many People Have the Last Name Fay?
people had the surname Fay in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 19,881 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−143 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Fay (92.6%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Fay ranks #1,818. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Fay fell from 14,992 people in 2000 to 14,849 in 2010 (down 1%), and its rank fell from #2,225 to #2,440.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 14,992 | 14,849 |
| Rank | #2,225 | #2,440 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.56 | 5.03 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Fay
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Fay: F000
👤 Fay as a First Name
Fay is a first name too: about 10,146 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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