Explore the Family Name Fasching

The meaning of Fasching

South German: from Middle High German vaschanc ‘Shrovetide carnival’, possibly a nickname for an exuberant, high-spirited person or for someone born between the end of Christmas and the start of Lent.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Fasching has slightly declined over a decade from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Fasching ranked 31,492 in popularity and increased to 32,438 in 2010, showing a 3% decrease in rank. The actual count of individuals with this surname increased modestly from 695 in 2000 to 709 in 2010, an increase of approximately 2.01%. However, when looking at the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a dip from 0.26 in 2000 to 0.24 in 2010, marking a 7.69% reduction.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,492	#32,438	-3%
Count	695	709	2.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.24	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fasching

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Fasching also saw some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In both years, there was no recorded percentage of people with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. There was a slight emergence of individuals identifying as two or more races, moving from 0% in 2000 to 1.27% in 2010. The majority of those with the Fasching surname identified as White, though this percentage decreased from 97.84% in 2000 to 96.47% in 2010. During the same period, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic dropped significantly from 1.44% to 0.85%, a change of around 40.97%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.84%	96.47%	-1.4%
Two or More Races	0%	1.27%	0%
Hispanic	1.44%	0.85%	-40.97%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%