as a Last Name
- 6,396
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Fawcett
Meaning & Origins
Northern English: habitational name from Fawcett in Cumbria or Facit in Lancashire, both named from Old English fāh ‘(brightly) colored’ + sīde ‘slope’, ‘hillside’. A further possible source, Forcett in North Yorkshire, is named from Old English ford ‘ford’ + set ‘animal fold’.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,396
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Fawcett per capita
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