Explore the Family Name Fazekas

The meaning of Fazekas

Hungarian: occupational name for a potter, fazekas, from fazék ‘pot’. Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Laszlo, Attila, Imre, Sandor, Balazs, Bela, Ferenc, Geza, Istvan, Karoly, Lajos, Tamas.

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, in terms of popularity, the surname Fazekas ranked 17,282 in 2000 and dropped to 18,411 in 2010, indicating a decrease of 6.53%. The number of individuals carrying this surname also slightly decreased from 1,508 in 2000 to 1,504 in 2010, marking a marginal decline of 0.27%. The proportion of people with the Fazekas surname per 100,000 population has also seen a decrease of approximately 8.93% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,282	#18,411	-6.53%
Count	1,508	1,504	-0.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.56	0.51	-8.93%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fazekas

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Fazekas surname identified their ethnic identity as White, though there was a slight decrease of 2.10% from 2000 to 2010. Those who identified as Hispanic showed an increase of 60.30%, making it from 1.99% in 2000 to 3.19% in 2010. An interesting observation is the appearance of Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native groups among those bearing the Fazekas surname in 2010, which were not present in 2000. The percentage of those identifying with two or more races saw a modest increase of 16.25%, while the Black category remained stable during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.89%	93.88%	-2.1%
Hispanic	1.99%	3.19%	60.3%
Two or More Races	0.8%	0.93%	16.25%
Black	0.73%	0.73%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.73%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.53%	0%