Explore the Family Name Lo Faso

The meaning of Lo Faso

Italian: variant of the nickname Faso ‘false, untrue, erroneous’, also ‘untruth, falsehood’, with the addition of the definite article lo. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Carmine, Sal, Salvatore, Carmelo, Domenic, Gaetano, Gaspare.

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How common is the last name Lo Faso in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Lo Faso has seen a slight decrease in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 46,523rd in popularity, with a count of 431 individuals bearing the name, representing 0.16 per 100,000 people. By 2010, the rank had slipped to 50,659th, with only 412 individuals identified with the Lo Faso surname, which is approximately 0.14 per 100,000 people. This represents a change of -8.89 in rank and -4.41 in count over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,523	#50,659	-8.89%
Count	431	412	-4.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.14	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lo Faso

Regarding ethnic identity, again based on Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Lo Faso surname identified as White. In 2000, this group constituted 96.75% of all Lo Fasos, decreasing slightly to 93.45% by 2010. There was also a small representation of Hispanic ethnicity among those with the Lo Faso surname, growing from 2.09% in 2000 to 3.88% in 2010. The census data showed no individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity with the Lo Faso surname. However, it did show a small emergence of those identifying with two or more races by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.75%	93.45%	-3.41%
Hispanic	2.09%	3.88%	85.65%
Two or More Races	0%	1.46%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%