as a Last Name
- 6,969
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Faison
Meaning & Origins
Probably an Americanized form of English, Dutch, or French Faisant ‘pheasant’, either a metonymic occupational name for a breeder of pheasants or a nickname for someone who was thought to resemble the bird. Faisant is found as a surname of Old French origin in Middle English, but is not found in present-day Britain.
| 4,398th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,969
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Faison per capita
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