Explore the Family Name Fadness

The meaning of Fadness

Norwegian: old variant of Fadnes (and, in North America, probably also an altered form of this), a habitational name from two farms named Fadnes, Fattnes in western Norway; the element Fad- is probably a river name derived from ferja ‘to ferry’, the element Fatt- is of uncertain origin. The second element is nes ‘headland, promontory’.

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How common is the last name Fadness in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Fadness ranked at 38,890 in 2000 and slightly decreased to a rank of 40,082 in 2010, reflecting a change of -3.07%. The count of individuals with this surname grew minimally from 534 in 2000 to 547 in 2010, marking a 2.43% increase. However, when considering the proportion per 100k, the data exhibits a slight decline from 0.2 in 2000 to 0.19 in 2010, translating to a decrease of 5%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,890	#40,082	-3.07%
Count	534	547	2.43%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.19	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fadness

The ethnicity data derived from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of people with the Fadness surname identify as White, accounting for 96.07% in 2000 and 95.06% in 2010, indicating a minor decrease of 1.05%. The representation of individuals identifying as two or more races also saw a drop from 2.43% in 2000 to 2.01% in 2010, showing a decline of 17.28%. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of Hispanic representation in 2010, amounting to 2.01%. Meanwhile, no significant data was recorded for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.07%	95.06%	-1.05%
Two or More Races	2.43%	2.01%	-17.28%
Hispanic	0%	2.01%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%