Big List Of Last Names Beginning With F

Are you looking for a comprehensive list of last names beginning with “F”?

We’ve used the 2000 and 2010 U.S. censuses to compile 869 surnames that start with F and have at least one thousand bearers of the name.

In the table below, you’ll see the total number of bearers for the name in each census.

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Meaning And Origins Of The Most Popular Surnames Starting With F

These are the twelve last names beginning with F that had over one hundred thousand bearers in the 2010 U.S. census.

They are ordered by their census ranking.

Surname	Origin	Possible Meaning
Flores	Spanish	Meaning: “flower”
Foster	English	Explained later in this article
Fisher	English, Germanic	People who fished
Ford	English	People who live near a river crossing
Fernandez	Spanish, Germanic	Germanic words for courage and journey
Freeman	English	A free born man
Fox	English, Germanic	A wily person; a red-haired person
Ferguson	Irish	Explained later in this article
Franklin	English, French, Germanic	A free born man with land
Fuller	English	Someone who worked with cloth
Fields	English	Someone who lived near grassy lands
Fowler	English	A bird catcher

Famous People With F Surnames

If your name starts with F, then you’re in good company!

Family Name (F)	Famous Person	Source Of Fame
Faithfull	Marianne Faifthfull	Singer
Falk	Peter Falk	Actor
Fallon	Jimmy Fallon	Talkshow Host
Faraday	Michael Faraday	Inventor
Farrell	Colin Farrell	Actor
Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald	Singer
Fitzgerald	F. Scott Fitzgerald	Writer
Fleming	Ian Fleming	Writer
Fonda	Jane Fonda	Actor
Franklin	Aretha Franklin	Singer
Franklin	Benjamin Franklin	Inventor
Freud	Sigmund Freud	Psychologist

Last Names Starting With F

Let’s start with names from Faas to Fain.

Fagan is the most common name in this section, and you’ll also see the spelling variant of Fagin.

It’s a common Irish name but is of Norman origins. It arrived with the Anglo-Irish invasion of Ireland in the 12^th century. The name means “rustic” or a rural villager.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Faas	1,018	1,096
Fabbri	1,027	1,068
Fabela	2,846	3,713
Faber	10,061	10,039
Fabian	10,951	13,161
Fabiano	1,949	2,121
Fabre	2,257	2,702
Fabrizio	2,900	2,920
Fabry	1,261	1,217
Facey	1,334	1,753
Facio	1,217	1,727
Fackler	2,326	2,429
Factor	1,663	1,809
Facundo	1,188	1,698
Fadden	1,463	1,518
Fader	1,546	1,581
Fagan	16,779	17,501
Fager	1,734	1,884
Fagg	1,900	1,581
Fagin	1,215	1,399
Fagundes	1,521	1,667
Faherty	1,397	1,491
Fahey	9,118	9,299
Fahnestock	1,434	1,467
Fahy	2,371	2,382
Faile	1,307	1,319
Failla	1,735	1,780
Fails	1,657	2,078
Fain	7,865	8,122

Names from Fair to Falkowski

There are some common names in this section, with Fair beating the rest.

The name is of English origin, and the meaning is “beautiful” or “handsome”. It comes from the Old English word faeger.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fair	17,658	18,609
Fairbairn	1,260	1,312
Fairbank	1,038	1,052
Fairbanks	8,948	9,466
Fairbrother	1,241	1,257
Fairchild	13,700	13,993
Faircloth	8,665	8,954
Fairfax	1,433	1,478
Fairfield	2,587	2,630
Fairley	5,723	6,398
Fairman	2,314	2,470
Fairweather	1,714	1,819
Faison	7,728	8,320
Faith	3,624	3,981
Fajardo	10,530	15,100
Falbo	1,450	1,376
Falco	4,449	4,695
Falcon	11,371	15,125
Falcone	6,881	7,423
Falconer	3,256	3,446
Fales	2,492	2,539
Falgout	1,633	1,739
Falk	11,575	11,979
Falkenberg	1,031	1,028
Falkenstein	1,198	1,198
Falkner	3,028	3,097
Falkowski	1,656	1,719

Names from Fall to Farfan

Fallon is the most common name in this section and has spelling variants like Falin and Fallen.

This is an Irish name. The meaning comes from the Gaelic words for leader or governor. The early holders would have been the children and grandchildren of a clan chief.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fall	4,209	5,060
Fallen	1,090	1,078
Faller	2,860	3,097
Fallin	1,958	2,140
Fallis	1,791	1,921
Fallon	12,744	11,974
Falls	7,615	7,250
Falter	1,327	1,317
Falvey	1,734	1,765
Falzone	2,101	2,119
Fama	1,239	1,221
Fambro	1,100	1,128
Fan	5,701	8,441
Fancher	5,858	5,888
Fanelli	3,929	4,493
Fang	6,791	10,316
Fankhauser	1,388	1,537
Fann	3,241	3,499
Fannin	6,321	6,873
Fanning	10,836	11,007
Fannon	1,887	1,783
Fansler	1,821	1,892
Fant	3,910	4,111
Farabaugh	1,228	1,351
Faraci	1,037	1,086
Farah	3,934	6,718
Farber	6,896	6,897
Farfan	2,734	4,075

Last names from Fargo to Farrior

Farmer is by far the most common name in this section, and there were nearly seventy thousand bearers in the 2010 U.S. census.

The origins are from the occupation, which is fairly obvious. There are some other names on this list also that refer to occupations.

For example, the spelling variations of Farrier and Farrior are of Anglo-Saxon origins. The meaning refers to a tradesman who shoes horses (a farrier).

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fargo	2,161	2,219
Farhat	1,740	2,259
Faria	5,335	6,257
Farias	11,977	16,153
Farina	5,441	5,633
Farinas	1,284	1,599
Faris	4,828	5,401
Farish	1,266	1,306
Farkas	6,613	6,714
Farley	37,116	38,528
Farlow	3,242	3,279
Farmer	68,309	69,617
Farner	1,941	2,667
Farney	1,553	1,603
Farnham	4,723	4,757
Farnsworth	11,563	12,203
Farnum	2,062	2,281
Farquhar	2,664	2,714
Farquharson	1,415	1,735
Farr	19,242	20,011
Farrand	1,670	1,974
Farrar	14,451	14,892
Farrell	51,095	52,321
Farrelly	1,431	1,487
Farren	2,796	3,042
Farrer	1,854	2,222
Farrier	1,515	1,651
Farrington	8,766	9,211
Farrior	1,256	1,374

Last names from Farris to Fausto

Faulkner is the common name in this section.

This is an occupational name, with the early bearers having the trade of training falcons. Wealthy families in medieval times would employ a falconer.

The origins are the Old French word “faulconnier”.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Farris	28,928	29,877
Farrish	1,030	1,292
Farrow	10,282	10,672
Farthing	2,962	2,882
Farver	1,293	1,186
Farwell	2,890	2,981
Fasano	3,077	3,107
Fasnacht	1,044	1,047
Fassett	1,998	2,191
Fast	4,621	4,929
Fate	1,025	1,072
Fath	1,384	1,398
Faubion	1,077	1,061
Faucett	2,203	2,274
Faucette	1,555	1,715
Faucher	2,411	2,562
Faught	3,324	3,357
Faul	2,520	2,916
Faulconer	1,211	1,237
Faulhaber	1,296	1,338
Faulk	11,148	11,656
Faulkenberry	1,774	1,726
Faulkner	35,389	36,466
Faulks	1,153	1,191
Faunce	1,308	1,319
Fauntleroy	1,349	1,466
Fausett	1,159	1,024
Faust	15,799	16,066
Faustino	1,126	1,657
Fausto	1,386	1,924

Names from Fauth to Featherstone

Fay is the most common name in this section, with the less common spelling variant of Faye.

There are several origins for this name. The Middle English word “faie” refers to fairies or supernatural creatures. This name would have been bestowed on people believed to have some magical or healing powers.

In Old French, faie refers to the beech tree. The name was conferred on people who lived near a beech wood.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fauth	1,048	1,026
Fauver	1,379	1,453
Faux	1,129	1,158
Fava	1,483	1,409
Favela	5,247	7,439
Favor	1,148	1,186
Favorite	1,237	1,283
Favors	3,889	4,295
Favre	1,222	1,198
Favreau	1,552	1,629
Faw	1,241	1,270
Fawcett	6,149	6,381
Fawley	1,244	1,203
Fay	14,992	14,849
Faye	1,410	1,707
Faz	1,680	2,128
Fazekas	1,508	1,504
Fazio	7,267	7,210
Feagin	2,359	2,653
Fear	1,729	1,493
Fearn	1,073	1,175
Fearon	1,607	2,011
Fears	4,503	4,762
Feasel	1,069	1,111
Feaster	4,507	4,871
Feather	2,528	2,674
Feathers	2,993	3,173
Featherston	2,894	2,981
Featherstone	3,074	3,234

Names from Feazell to Felber

Feeney is the most common name in this section but I’ve already explained a Celtic name. So, I’ll look at the next highest in the 2010 census.

Federico is a Portuguese variant of Frederick (English) or Friedrich (German). The meaning comes from the German words for peace (fried) and ruler (ric).

So, the name was conferred on the descendants of powerful families who held power in times of low conflict.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Feazell	1,248	1,263
Febus	1,085	1,297
Fecteau	1,718	1,747
Fedak	1,036	1,040
Fedele	2,021	2,085
Feder	2,708	2,884
Federico	5,426	5,951
Fedor	3,000	2,937
Fee	6,687	6,453
Feehan	1,684	1,772
Feeley	4,117	4,101
Feely	1,531	1,567
Feemster	1,139	1,449
Feeney	9,402	9,473
Feenstra	1,003	1,110
Fegan	1,360	1,365
Fegley	1,572	1,552
Feher	1,533	1,564
Fehr	3,898	4,272
Feigenbaum	1,044	1,079
Feil	1,809	1,070
Fein	2,459	2,367
Feinberg	4,708	4,596
Feiner	1,147	1,055
Feingold	1,612	1,572
Feinstein	3,143	3,205
Feist	3,525	3,784
Fekete	1,908	2,027
Felan	1,674	1,984
Felber	1,335	1,192

Names from Feld to Feltz

Felix is the most common name in this section with over forty thousand bearers in the 2010 U.S. census.

The meaning comes from the Latin word for fortunate or lucky. It was commonly used by the early Christians in Roman times.

One of the earliest documented appearances was in the 1^st Century BC. The Roman general Sulla adopted it as a nickname.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Feld	2,819	2,766
Felder	11,976	13,257
Feldkamp	1,318	1,379
Feldman	23,195	23,356
Feldmann	2,621	2,812
Feldstein	1,222	1,157
Feldt	1,510	1,623
Felice	3,076	3,333
Feliciano	17,112	21,667
Felipe	3,958	6,370
Felix	31,631	40,165
Feliz	3,561	5,261
Felker	4,151	4,113
Fell	5,833	6,429
Feller	6,650	7,085
Fellers	2,383	2,501
Fellman	1,325	1,288
Fellows	7,745	7,948
Fells	1,774	1,956
Felt	3,281	3,820
Felten	1,297	1,578
Felter	1,684	1,620
Feltman	2,247	2,371
Feltner	3,274	3,341
Felton	15,734	16,044
Felts	6,652	6,621
Felty	3,001	3,100
Feltz	1,685	1,594

Names from Fender to Fernald

Ferguson had over 146,000 bearers in the 2010 U.S. census, which makes it one of the more popular names in the entire country.

The name “son of Fergus” is of Scottish origin. The Scots Gaelic word “fearg” means angry, The surname refers to the descendants of an angry or fierce man, probably a notable warrior.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fender	5,791	6,034
Fenderson	1,597	1,734
Fendley	1,623	1,729
Feng	5,797	10,687
Fenimore	1,793	1,766
Fenley	1,333	1,387
Fenn	4,689	5,172
Fennell	10,884	11,410
Fenner	6,992	7,678
Fenske	3,396	3,320
Fenster	1,260	1,532
Fenstermacher	1,639	1,669
Fenstermaker	2,083	2,069
Fenton	15,220	16,017
Fentress	2,373	2,432
Fenwick	4,482	4,597
Feola	1,327	1,337
Ferber	2,166	2,182
Ferdinand	2,251	2,690
Ferebee	1,812	1,839
Ference	1,521	1,440
Fergerson	1,781	1,725
Fergus	1,837	1,850
Ferguson	142,256	146,426
Ferland	1,982	2,277
Ferman	1,538	1,942
Fermin	3,326	5,057
Fern	2,606	2,482
Fernald	1,945	1,920

Last names from Fernandes to Fesler

Fernandez and its variants of Fernandes and Fernando are by far the most common names in this section.

Although commonly associated as a Hispanic name, Fernando is actually an Old Germanic name. The word stems from a combination of Germanic terms for “courage” and “journey”.

The original bearers of this name may have been intrepid travelers over land and sea.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fernandes	14,385	18,018
Fernandez	139,302	180,842
Fernando	4,298	5,596
Ferrante	6,355	6,532
Ferranti	1,383	1,472
Ferrara	13,357	13,669
Ferrari	7,759	8,141
Ferraro	12,090	12,355
Ferree	2,813	3,004
Ferreira	22,320	27,898
Ferrel	2,664	3,054
Ferrell	32,174	33,418
Ferrer	13,010	17,057
Ferrera	2,546	3,133
Ferreri	1,344	1,352
Ferrero	1,814	2,013
Ferretti	2,740	2,916
Ferri	3,005	3,059
Ferrier	3,334	3,654
Ferrigno	1,564	1,590
Ferrill	1,307	1,410
Ferrin	2,641	2,896
Ferris	20,743	20,703
Ferro	6,872	7,273
Ferron	1,764	1,799
Ferrucci	1,028	1,038
Ferry	11,190	10,312
Fertig	1,688	1,702
Fesler	1,353	1,037

Names from Fessenden to Fielding

Field is the most common name in this section. There are other variants like Fielding, Fielden, and Fielder.

This is what’s known as a topographical name in that it described the place where family lived or worked. You’ve probably guessed that this particular name was conferred on people living on grassy pastures.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fessenden	1,562	1,593
Fessler	3,239	3,316
Festa	2,545	2,626
Fett	1,537	1,672
Fetter	3,837	3,944
Fetterman	2,394	2,695
Fetterolf	1,060	1,072
Fetters	4,125	4,473
Fettig	1,871	2,005
Fetty	1,790	2,037
Fetzer	3,512	3,550
Feucht	1,071	1,123
Feuer	1,108	1,177
Feuerstein	1,439	1,478
Few	2,321	2,292
Fewell	2,097	2,247
Fey	3,674	3,588
Fiala	2,741	2,856
Fichter	1,917	2,113
Fichtner	1,029	1,007
Fick	5,298	5,311
Ficken	1,241	1,209
Fickes	1,508	1,797
Ficklin	1,668	1,658
Fidler	5,068	5,068
Fiedler	7,144	7,403
Field	24,374	24,543
Fielden	1,115	1,099
Fielder	6,947	6,917
Fielding	5,735	6,081

Names from Fierro to Finan

Figueroa is the most common name in this section. I describe its origins in some detail in our list of Hispanic last names starting with F. So, I’ll pick another name here.

Fillmore is a Norman name derived from the Germanic words for “very” and “famed”. So it could be conferred on a high ranking noble.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fierro	11,891	14,371
Fierros	1,985	2,751
Fife	6,574	6,719
Fifer	2,998	2,971
Fifield	2,697	2,699
Figaro	1,027	1,374
Figeroa	1,091	1,233
Figg	1,132	1,165
Figgins	1,735	1,808
Figgs	1,088	1,166
Figueiredo	2,099	2,439
Figueredo	1,679	2,269
Figueroa	72,533	98,468
Fike	6,237	6,374
Fikes	2,315	2,359
File	1,719	1,688
Filer	2,414	2,436
Files	3,668	3,744
Filip	1,571	1,652
Filipiak	1,180	1,153
Filippi	1,307	1,341
Filippone	1,359	1,401
Filkins	1,716	1,787
Filler	1,851	1,988
Fillion	1,383	1,401
Fillman	1,249	1,230
Fillmore	4,166	4,457
Filson	1,308	1,379
Fimbres	1,807	2,087
Finan	2,084	2,276

Names from Finch to Fino

There are plenty of Celtic names in this section which I’ll be covering in a separate list.

So, let’s look at Fink instead. There are several regional origins for this name. In the Jewish tradition, it derives from the Germanic word for a finch i.e. a bird known for lively chirping.

It would have been conferred as a nickname on cheerful people and perhaps also on singers.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Finch	29,703	30,769
Fincham	1,760	2,219
Fincher	7,898	7,951
Finck	2,120	2,237
Findlay	4,150	4,509
Findley	9,060	9,505
Fine	11,518	11,618
Finegan	1,704	1,752
Finger	4,910	5,004
Fink	28,417	28,701
Finkbeiner	1,684	1,709
Finke	3,423	3,394
Finkel	2,741	3,060
Finkelstein	4,781	4,591
Finkle	1,857	1,886
Finklea	1,473	1,948
Finlay	2,880	2,980
Finlayson	2,282	2,273
Finley	36,874	37,672
Finn	20,218	20,852
Finnegan	10,740	11,695
Finnell	2,973	3,178
Finneran	1,169	1,214
Finnerty	4,004	4,052
Finney	16,919	16,939
Finnie	1,616	1,763
Finnigan	1,772	1,195
Fino	1,198	1,199

Names from Fiore to Fite

Fisher is by far the most common name in this shortlist. The variant of Fischer (with a c) has just under a third of the number of bearers.

You’ll also see plenty of other related variants in this section.

This name has occupational origins and would have been conferred on people who fished for a living.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fiore	9,483	9,606
Fiorello	1,035	1,119
Fiorentino	2,992	3,635
Fiori	1,180	1,365
Fiorillo	1,448	1,570
Fiorini	1,143	1,262
Fiorito	1,237	1,282
Firestone	4,251	4,480
Firman	1,219	1,320
First	1,626	1,255
Firth	3,124	3,181
Fisch	2,290	2,502
Fischbach	1,902	1,970
Fischer	70,095	72,357
Fischetti	1,559	1,512
Fiscus	3,106	3,106
Fish	24,612	24,924
Fishback	1,910	1,917
Fishbein	1,059	1,057
Fishburn	1,959	1,893
Fishel	2,967	3,131
Fisher	210,279	214,703
Fishman	6,777	6,962
Fisk	9,742	9,779
Fiske	3,921	4,110
Fister	1,457	1,292
Fitch	18,740	19,060
Fitchett	1,759	1,780
Fite	5,578	5,656

Names from Fitts to Flannigan

Plenty of Norman and Celtic names in this section!

But let’s look at a name from another region (because I’ll cover Celtic names in a separate article).

Flagg is surprisingly common despite having geographical origins that we can locate to a small village in England. The village of Flagg in Derbyshire is found in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fitts	5,684	6,014
Fitz	3,649	3,846
Fitzgerald	73,522	75,356
Fitzgibbon	2,107	2,216
Fitzgibbons	2,210	2,221
Fitzhugh	3,202	3,144
Fitzmaurice	2,258	2,288
Fitzpatrick	39,501	40,449
Fitzsimmons	9,095	9,260
Fitzsimons	1,754	1,855
Fitzwater	4,011	4,066
Fix	5,289	5,282
Fizer	1,903	1,948
Flach	1,306	1,471
Flack	5,933	6,016
Flagg	6,589	6,834
Flaherty	17,513	17,926
Flaig	1,216	1,122
Flake	3,805	4,326
Flakes	1,208	1,397
Flamm	1,113	1,183
Flanagan	29,563	30,887
Flanary	2,098	2,237
Flanders	8,291	8,787
Flanery	1,570	1,626
Flanigan	7,175	7,648
Flannagan	1,248	1,324
Flannery	10,198	10,497
Flannigan	2,297	2,334

Names from Flaten to Flewelling

Fleming and Fletcher are the two most common names in this section.

Fleming has geographical origins. It was conferred on people from Flanders (in the Netherlands).

Fletcher, on the other hand, was an occupational name. “Fleche” means arrow in French, and the name was bestowed in England on someone who made arrows.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Flaten	1,047	1,055
Flatley	1,352	1,374
Flatt	4,994	5,068
Flaugher	1,307	1,207
Flavin	1,961	2,064
Flax	1,607	1,967
Fleck	8,516	8,852
Fleckenstein	1,659	1,699
Fleeman	1,911	2,036
Fleener	2,025	2,250
Fleenor	3,720	3,651
Fleet	2,424	2,787
Fleetwood	3,728	3,819
Fleischer	3,947	3,981
Fleischman	3,455	3,547
Fleischmann	2,090	2,206
Fleisher	2,017	2,058
Fleishman	1,497	1,456
Fleming	87,949	90,677
Flemings	1,365	1,455
Flemming	5,921	6,234
Flesch	1,480	1,487
Flesher	3,006	2,966
Fleshman	2,610	2,608
Fletcher	80,932	83,063
Fletes	1,220	1,540
Fleury	4,462	4,934
Flewelling	1,181	1,321

Names from Flick to Fludd

Flores is a hugely common name which we’ve covered in our Hispanic list of F surnames.

Let’s look at Floyd instead. The origins are in Wales and the meaning comes from the Welsh word for the color grey. It may have been used as a term of respect for an older person with grey hair.

The name of Lloyd is a variant of Floyd.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Flick	7,706	7,661
Flickinger	4,107	4,097
Flinchum	1,562	1,663
Flink	1,238	1,064
Flinn	5,165	5,359
Flint	14,683	15,123
Flippen	1,684	2,296
Flippin	2,290	1,702
Flippo	2,252	2,167
Flock	2,037	2,179
Flohr	1,821	1,813
Flom	1,351	1,418
Flood	16,652	17,053
Flor	1,437	1,707
Flora	7,529	7,837
Florek	1,507	1,532
Florence	8,943	9,177
Florentino	1,219	1,393
Flores	312,615	433,969
Florez	8,775	10,570
Florian	2,913	3,731
Florio	4,243	4,211
Flory	5,238	5,243
Flournoy	5,104	5,344
Flower	3,753	3,711
Flowers	54,277	57,549
Floyd	64,141	66,454
Fludd	1,205	1,239

Names from Fluellen to Follis

I’ll skip the Celtic names (covered in separate articles) and look for a popular name from another region.

Fogle and it’s variant of Fogel were typically Jewish versions of the Germanic name Vogel. This derives from the German word for a bird.

We covered the name of Finch earlier, and Fogle was also conferred upon singers and cheerful people.

There are also occupational origins when it was conferred on people who worked with or caught birds.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fluellen	1,875	2,074
Fluharty	2,085	2,111
Fluker	2,509	2,901
Flury	1,043	1,124
Fly	2,252	2,145
Flynn	61,747	63,400
Flynt	2,461	2,457
Flythe	1,059	1,110
Fobbs	1,310	1,317
Focht	2,100	2,085
Fodor	2,076	2,112
Foerster	2,748	2,792
Fogarty	7,879	8,245
Fogel	4,741	4,973
Fogg	5,697	5,669
Fogle	9,994	10,434
Fogleman	2,571	2,638
Foglia	1,050	1,079
Foland	1,664	1,769
Folden	1,438	1,486
Folds	1,453	1,543
Foley	50,852	51,865
Folger	2,196	2,328
Folk	5,605	5,996
Folkerts	1,305	1,328
Folkes	1,121	1,254
Folks	2,337	2,394
Follett	2,868	2,950
Follis	1,858	1,866

Last names from Follmer to Foran

Fontenot is a common name in this section and is of French origin (the last syllable rhymes with “go”).

The name derives from the French word for a fountain or a spring. It is a variant of the name Fontaine and may refer to people who lived in the many villages in France with that name.

The name may also have been conferred on people who lived near a spring.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Follmer	1,252	1,288
Folmar	1,682	1,793
Folse	2,040	2,260
Folsom	7,505	7,598
Foltz	8,520	8,714
Folz	1,200	1,015
Fomby	1,043	1,166
Fonda	1,421	1,466
Fondren	2,492	2,664
Fong	16,614	17,889
Fonseca	19,513	25,863
Font	1,692	2,138
Fontaine	11,542	11,901
Fontana	7,525	7,685
Fontanez	3,298	4,036
Fontanilla	1,101	1,391
Fonte	1,532	1,631
Fontenot	19,203	20,035
Fontes	3,751	4,478
Fonville	2,141	2,000
Foo	1,167	1,405
Foor	3,014	3,113
Foos	2,191	2,209
Foose	1,303	1,190
Foote	16,093	16,425
Footman	1,017	1,190
Foraker	1,742	1,785
Foran	3,160	3,301

Names from Forbes to Forster

Ford is by far the most common name in this section.

The English origins refer to the word for a shallow place in a river that allows people to cross. Therefore, the name was conferred on people who lived near such a place.

It can also be an Anglicised version of a name from another language that sounds similar.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Forbes	32,228	33,813
Forbis	1,981	2,040
Forbus	1,363	1,409
Forbush	1,457	1,709
Force	4,001	4,108
Forcier	2,077	2,171
Ford	178,397	184,832
Forde	4,480	5,031
Fordham	4,639	4,838
Fordyce	2,574	2,638
Fore	5,840	5,927
Forehand	3,653	3,779
Foreman	27,130	28,605
Forero	1,266	1,963
Forest	5,006	5,076
Forester	4,731	5,037
Foret	2,683	2,881
Forgey	1,463	1,495
Forgione	1,961	1,808
Forman	12,202	11,894
Formica	1,407	1,393
Forney	6,600	6,755
Forrest	22,124	22,954
Forrester	13,276	13,878
Forry	1,241	1,276
Forsberg	4,168	4,294
Forshee	2,375	2,268
Forsman	2,056	2,196
Forst	2,195	2,283
Forster	9,033	9,116

Names from Forsyth to Fought

Foster is by far the most common name in this section.

There are several different origins for this name. One is occupational and refers to people who maintained the woodland hunting territories for big estates.

Another origin relates to the verb “to foster” meaning to raise a child or to nourish a person.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Forsyth	8,313	8,450
Forsythe	11,382	11,489
Fort	7,900	8,117
Forte	11,387	12,023
Fortenberry	6,330	6,589
Fortes	1,486	1,988
Forth	1,556	1,659
Fortier	7,543	7,634
Fortin	8,379	8,814
Fortino	1,513	1,751
Fortman	1,352	1,291
Fortner	11,209	11,951
Fortney	4,833	4,853
Fortson	4,079	4,273
Fortuna	3,209	3,606
Fortunato	3,902	4,047
Fortune	11,016	11,748
Forward	1,616	1,677
Fosdick	1,356	1,369
Foshee	3,050	3,070
Foskey	1,939	1,925
Foss	13,737	14,094
Fossett	1,753	1,850
Fossum	1,844	1,852
Foster	221,040	227,764
Foti	2,769	2,690
Fouch	1,476	1,537
Fouche	1,150	1,147
Fought	1,161	1,157

Names from Foulk to Frain

Fox is the most common name in this section.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Foulk	2,292	2,337
Foulke	1,164	1,156
Foulks	1,660	1,701
Fountain	19,094	20,193
Fountaine	1,308	1,332
Fournier	14,221	14,449
Fouse	1,596	1,525
Foushee	1,328	1,384
Foust	12,145	12,366
Fout	1,795	1,867
Foutch	1,920	1,966
Fouts	5,452	5,545
Foutz	2,054	2,073
Fowler	102,620	104,515
Fowles	1,443	1,695
Fowlkes	4,343	4,686
Fox	147,357	152,334
Foxworth	3,412	3,469
Foxworthy	1,006	1,029
Foxx	2,842	3,080
Foy	13,630	12,952
Foye	2,126	2,127
Frady	3,096	3,325
Fraga	3,894	4,998
Fragale	1,025	1,044
Fragoso	3,097	4,267
Frahm	2,672	2,664
Frailey	1,636	1,723
Frain	1,455	1,491

Names from Fraire to Franks

Franklin is the most common name in this section.

The name can be of English or Germanic origins. It refers to a free born man who owns land.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fraire	3,089	4,601
Fraizer	1,408	1,536
Fraker	1,689	1,306
Frakes	3,300	3,332
Fraley	11,449	11,876
Fralick	1,715	1,716
Frame	8,486	8,827
Frampton	3,014	3,233
France	11,936	11,937
Frances	2,343	2,222
Franceschi	1,076	1,243
Franchi	1,229	1,263
Francis	71,723	78,327
Francisco	17,976	24,095
Franck	3,303	3,838
Franco	53,161	69,943
Francoeur	1,368	1,445
Francois	10,794	14,593
Frandsen	2,499	2,750
Franey	1,141	1,091
Frank	65,918	67,304
Franke	7,375	7,359
Frankel	6,633	7,253
Franken	1,331	1,293
Frankenfield	1,375	1,292
Franklin	114,859	120,621
Franko	2,081	2,301
Franks	29,531	30,155

Names from Fransen to Fredenburg

Frazier is the most common name in this section.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fransen	1,664	1,756
Franson	1,660	1,690
Frantz	12,252	12,079
Franz	11,553	11,462
Franzen	5,436	5,621
Franzese	1,162	1,213
Frary	1,144	1,173
Frasca	1,493	1,541
Frase	1,312	1,296
Fraser	24,616	25,961
Frasher	1,469	1,608
Frasier	7,903	8,124
Frasure	1,655	1,748
Frates	1,217	1,380
Frausto	5,968	7,547
Fravel	1,102	1,272
Frawley	3,118	3,221
Fray	2,118	2,066
Frayer	1,034	1,013
Frazee	4,994	5,078
Frazer	7,547	7,743
Frazier	88,325	92,152
Freas	1,453	1,588
Frech	1,032	1,040
Frechette	3,349	3,468
Fred	1,699	1,754
Freda	2,206	2,253
Fredenburg	1,239	1,271

Names from Frederick to Frenette

As you can see from the top of this shortlist, there are plenty of variants of Frederick.

But between them, they don’t combine to overtake the numbers of people in the 2010 U.S. census with the name of Freeman.

And Freeman also has many variants here.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Frederick	39,909	41,394
Fredericks	7,486	7,848
Fredericksen	1,512	1,615
Frederickson	3,433	3,419
Frederiksen	1,510	1,568
Fredette	2,672	2,685
Fredrick	6,612	6,865
Fredricks	2,505	2,592
Fredrickson	8,851	9,026
Free	9,666	9,923
Freeborn	1,458	1,616
Freed	9,471	9,541
Freedman	8,926	8,913
Freel	1,941	2,058
Freeland	8,455	8,653
Freels	1,927	2,060
Freeman	162,686	169,149
Freer	3,471	3,671
Freese	5,966	6,047
Freestone	1,079	1,137
Freeze	3,888	4,023
Fregoso	3,590	4,969
Frei	2,341	2,419
Freiberg	1,590	1,719
Freier	1,068	1,062
Freire	1,889	2,477
Freitag	4,459	4,733
Freitas	10,250	11,041
French	63,149	63,991
Frenette	1,132	1,225

Names from Frenkel to Friedberg

Frey is the most common name in this section.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Frenkel	1,091	1,082
Frenzel	1,737	1,719
Frerichs	2,380	2,559
Frese	1,801	1,855
Freshour	1,822	1,905
Freshwater	1,043	1,081
Fresquez	1,896	2,059
Fretwell	2,010	2,106
Fretz	1,622	1,474
Freund	7,126	7,465
Frew	1,996	1,903
Frey	32,735	32,904
Freyer	1,095	1,105
Friar	1,842	1,950
Frias	12,357	16,911
Friberg	1,216	1,216
Frick	9,562	9,597
Fricke	4,909	5,048
Fricker	1,221	1,190
Fricks	1,601	1,599
Friday	6,750	6,980
Friddle	1,205	1,246
Fridley	2,353	2,367
Fridman	1,276	1,177
Fried	6,435	7,010
Friedberg	1,296	1,288

Names from Friedel to Fritzler

There are many variants of Fritz on this list, and the name itself is one of the most common in this section.

If we total the Fritz variants, they will overtake the name of Friedman.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Friedel	2,264	2,456
Friedl	1,166	1,216
Friedland	2,223	2,315
Friedlander	2,865	2,878
Friedman	36,833	38,374
Friedmann	1,123	1,207
Friedrich	6,076	6,249
Friedrichs	1,349	1,375
Friel	4,555	4,703
Friend	17,312	17,635
Frier	1,380	1,427
Frierson	5,631	5,923
Fries	8,357	8,540
Friese	1,947	2,457
Friesen	6,353	7,512
Friess	1,077	1,157
Frink	3,754	3,888
Frisbee	1,763	1,865
Frisbie	3,739	3,872
Frisby	3,784	3,964
Frisch	4,709	5,033
Frisk	1,637	1,861
Frison	2,218	2,140
Fritch	1,856	1,926
Frith	3,384	3,604
Fritsch	4,248	4,199
Fritsche	1,795	1,807
Fritts	5,717	5,883
Fritz	33,068	33,224
Fritzler	1,143	1,157

Names from Frizzell to Fuhrmann

You can check our list of Hispanic names beginning with F for details about the popular name Fuentes in this section.

Frost is the next most common name on the list.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Frizzell	5,861	5,840
Froehlich	4,338	4,504
Froelich	2,844	3,090
Frohlich	1,098	1,027
Froman	1,807	1,867
Fromm	3,128	3,105
Fronk	1,294	1,486
Frost	40,582	42,015
Fruge	3,026	3,266
Frutos	1,052	1,390
Fry	37,542	38,029
Fryar	2,772	2,887
Frye	36,716	36,973
Fryer	7,506	7,524
Fryman	3,253	3,329
Fu	5,624	8,370
Fucci	1,410	1,419
Fuchs	12,707	12,958
Fudge	4,157	4,407
Fuentes	56,441	81,006
Fuentez	1,674	1,972
Fuerst	2,052	2,058
Fuerte	1,579	2,422
Fugate	10,055	10,375
Fugett	1,013	1,032
Fugitt	1,310	1,292
Fuhr	1,579	1,581
Fuhrer	1,186	1,281
Fuhrman	5,054	4,965
Fuhrmann	1,869	1,951

Names from Fujii to Funderburk

Fuller is by far the most common name in this section, having over three times the holders as the next in the rankings.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Fujii	2,302	2,125
Fujimoto	2,678	2,580
Fujita	1,756	1,719
Fujiwara	1,053	1,019
Fukuda	1,597	1,562
Fukushima	1,002	1,085
Fulbright	2,991	3,056
Fulcher	6,521	6,745
Fulford	4,106	4,123
Fulgham	2,438	2,520
Fulghum	1,827	1,970
Fulk	4,602	4,785
Fulkerson	6,121	6,391
Fulks	3,402	3,531
Fullen	2,157	2,445
Fuller	106,682	110,116
Fullerton	8,359	8,517
Fullington	1,028	1,337
Fullmer	4,268	4,585
Fullwood	1,889	2,018
Fulmer	9,422	9,570
Fulmore	1,532	1,639
Fulp	1,774	1,657
Fulton	31,513	32,258
Fults	2,727	2,793
Fultz	11,028	11,342
Funches	2,030	2,242
Funchess	1,075	1,228
Funderburg	1,882	1,958
Funderburk	5,777	6,058

Names from Funes to Fyffe

Funk is the most common name in this section.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Funes	3,574	6,079
Fung	7,518	8,837
Funk	24,032	24,419
Funke	2,638	2,609
Funkhouser	3,885	3,971
Fuqua	8,031	8,312
Furey	2,938	2,911
Furlong	6,558	6,783
Furlow	3,095	3,237
Furman	8,976	9,273
Furness	1,712	2,198
Furnish	1,295	1,339
Furr	8,021	8,260
Furrer	1,116	1,052
Furrow	1,923	1,964
Furry	1,714	1,639
Furst	2,432	2,521
Furtado	5,254	5,464
Furukawa	1,013	1,019
Fury	1,038	1,028
Fusaro	1,248	1,445
Fusco	8,653	8,650
Fuselier	2,385	2,583
Fuson	3,101	3,145
Fuss	1,789	1,618
Fussell	4,549	4,810
Futch	4,478	4,591
Futrell	5,701	6,038
Fye	2,435	2,410
Fyfe	1,742	1,664
Fyffe	2,340	2,449

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