Fawcett
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Fawcett is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Dim. (of 1): Ger.: Federle. or Facit in Lancs., both so called from OE fag, fah (brightly) coloured, variegated, flowery + side slope.
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 16K◐
- AUAustralia1 in 17K
- CACanada1 in 21K
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Meaning & origin●
- OEfagbrightly●
- OEford●
Dim. (of 1): Ger.: Federle. or Facit in Lancs., both so called from OE fag, fah (brightly) coloured, variegated, flowery + side slope. Forcett in N Yorks, is named from OE ford Ford + (ge)sete house, settlement, and this may also be a partial source of the surname, which is common esp. in N England.
Sources 2
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 65,962 | 70% |
| GB United Kingdom | 12,001 | 13% |
| AU Australia | 3,893 | 4% |
| CA Canada | 3,247 | 3% |
| IT Italy | 319 | 1% |
≈85,422 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English88K94%
- Spanish2K2%
- French4311%
- German3501%
- Italian3331%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 88,065 | 94% |
| Spanish | 1,983 | 2% |
| French | 431 | 1% |
| German | 350 | 1% |
| Italian | 333 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- William Fawcettb. 1728GBBritish Army general; (1728-1804)
- Henry Fawcettb. 1833GBBritish academic, politician and economist (1833–1884)
- Millicent Fawcettb. 1847GBEnglish politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929)
- George Fawcettb. 1860USAmerican actor (1860–1939)
- Percy Fawcettb. 1867GBBritish explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist
- Philippa Fawcettb. 1868GBEnglish mathematician (1868–1948)
- William Fawcettb. 1894USAmerican actor (1894-1974)
- Farrah Fawcettb. 1947USAmerican actress (1947–2009)
- John Fawcettb. 1968CACanadian film and television director
- Joy Fawcettb. 1968USAmerican soccer player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 25 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 6.4K | #5,454 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 6.4K | #5,279 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 6.1K | #5,218 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 51 | #44,232 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 51 | #43,744 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 28 | #36,942 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 15 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 15 | #105,318 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 14 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 14 | #109,949 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 10 | #40,188 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 8 | #72,019 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 27 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Fawcett?
- Our records include 85,422 bearers of Fawcett across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Fawcett have the most bearers?
- Fawcett is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Fawcett mean?
- Recorded meaning: Dim. (of 1): Ger.: Federle. or Facit in Lancs., both so called from OE fag, fah (brightly) coloured, variegated, flowery + side slope.
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