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Faust Ranking

In the United States, the name Faust is the 2,068th most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Faust is ranked the 9,188th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 2


United States Faust migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Faust Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johann Philip Faust, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1732
  • Johan Peter Faust, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 3
  • Johan Philip Faust, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1733 3
  • Johann Philip Faust, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 3
  • Melchior Faust, who arrived in America in 1739 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Faust Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Johannis Faust, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1802 3
  • Georg Faust, who landed in America in 1809 3
  • A. Faust, who settled in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1820
  • Nicolaus Faust, who arrived in North America in 1837 3
  • Charles Faust, who landed in New York in 1840 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Faust migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Faust Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Friedrich Faust, who arrived in Canada in 1783 at the age of 24
  • Friedrich Faust, who landed in Canada in 1783
Faust Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Widow Faust, who landed in Manitoba in 1875

Contemporary Notables of the name Faust (post 1700) +

  • James E. Faust (1920-2007), American leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Drew Gilpin Faust (b. 1947), American historian and 28th president of Harvard University
  • Christa Faust (b. 1969), American author
  • Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944), American author, who used the pen name Max Brand
  • Lauren Faust (b. 1974), American animator
  • John Bernard Faust (b. 1898), American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1927; Asuncion, 1929; Paris, 1932; U.S. Consul in Santiago, 1936-40 4
  • John Faust (b. 1925), American politician, Candidate for Circuit Judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1917; Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1920-25 4
  • Jerry Faust, American politician, Mayor of St. Anthony, Minnesota; Elected 2011 4
  • Howard Faust, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for Delegate to Michigan State Constitutional Convention from Lenawee County, 1961 4
  • Daniel Faust, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Columbia, South Carolina, 1835 4
  • ... (Another 7 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Bismarck
  • Ernst Faust (1919-1941), German Funkgefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 5


Suggested Readings for the name Faust +

  • Descendants of John Faust, 1797-1887 and Elizabeth Bachart, 1801-1864 by Lillian and Leroy Faust.
  • The Family of John Foust (also Faust) and Anna Barbara Allebrecht and Allied Families by Mozette Foust.
  • Faust-Foust Family in America by Howard M. Faust.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, March 18) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  5. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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