Fawkes

English

Etymology

Variant spelling of Faulks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔːks/
• Homophone: fox (cot–caught merger)

Proper noun

Fawkes (plural Fawkeses)

1. A surname

Derived terms

• Guy Fawkes

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fawkes is the 55741^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 368 individuals. Fawkes is most common among White (82.61%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fawkes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 557.