as a Last Name
- 17,606
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Faust
Meaning & Origins
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and French (Alsace-Lorraine): from Middle High German fūst ‘fist’, presumably a nickname for a strong or pugnacious person or for someone with a club hand or other deformity of the hand.
| 2,099th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,606
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Faust per capita
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