Faux Last Name Facts and Heraldry

There is no single Faux family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Faux line, if any, bore arms.

Surname statistics

Counting heads is the honest place to start with Faux. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Faux with 1,158 bearers, at rank 22,260. INSEE counts 2,333 people born in France with the Faux surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1941–1950.

Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Faux, so we research it family by family rather than guess. A family Bible, a parish register or an emigration record often gives the first firm date for a Faux ancestor.

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