Fait
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Various origins:
- A variant of German Veit.
- Borrowed from Czech or Polish Fait, both from the German surname.
- Perhaps from an obsolete English personal name derived from Anglo-Norman afaitie (“accomplished, skillful”).
Proper noun
[edit]Fait (plural Faits)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fait is the 35993rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 623 individuals. Fait is most common among White (92.62%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fait”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 547.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from German
- English terms borrowed from Czech
- English terms derived from Czech
- English terms borrowed from Polish
- English terms derived from Polish
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Anglo-Norman
- English surnames from Czech
- English surnames from German
- English surnames from Polish