Fait

See also: fait and faît

English

Etymology

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

Fait (plural Faits)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fait is the 35993^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 623 individuals. Fait is most common among White (92.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fait”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 547.

Anagrams

• FIAT, Fiat, fiat, fita