How rare is the last name Fay?

14,132 people in the United States have the last name Fay, about 1 in 21,150. It ranks #2,493 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FAY

#2,493

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,132
About
1 in 21,150
This common or more
50.4%
Who bears it

Of the 14,132 people with the last name Fay, 89.7% reported their origin as White, 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Fay

#2,491 Garay · 14,136#2,492 Loomis · 14,134#2,494 Fang · 14,128#2,495 Mulligan · 14,123

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fay, most common first.

#12,668 Fahy · 2,328#13,934 Faye · 2,073#22,446 Faw · 1,175#56,803 Fa · 388#110,961 Fai · 169#111,467 Fau · 168#130,360 Fah · 136#130,360 Faya · 136

Also a first name

As a first name, Fay ranks #1,994 of 53,615, with 13,775 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1915, with 842 births. See Fay as a first name

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