Find out how popular the last name Fasthorse is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Fasthorse.

Fasthorse, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Fasthorse surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Fasthorse in America

Fasthorse is the 44193rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Fasthorse surname appeared 487 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Fasthorse.

We can also compare 2010 data for Fasthorse to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Fasthorse

The surname FASTHORSE is an anglicized version of a German name that originated in the region of Bavaria in the late 15th century. It is believed to be derived from the Old High German words "fasti" meaning "strong" or "steadfast", and "hros" meaning "horse". Together, these words likely referred to someone who bred or owned strong, resilient horses.

In its original German form, the name was spelled "Fastross" or variations like "Fastrosz" and "Fastrosse". Some of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in town records and tax rolls from small villages in the Bavarian countryside during the late 1400s and early 1500s. One notable early bearer was Hans Fastrosse, a horse breeder from the village of Oberammergau, whose name appears in a 1512 contract for the sale of several horses.

As the name spread across German-speaking regions of Europe over the centuries, it underwent further spelling changes. By the 1700s, versions like "Fasthors" and "Fasthorss" had emerged. When German immigrants began arriving in English-speaking countries like the United States and Britain in the 19th century, the anglicized spelling "FASTHORSE" became more common.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with this anglicized spelling was Johann Fasthorse, born in 1792 in the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1817 and worked as a farmer. Another early bearer was Wilhelm Fasthorse (1810-1882), a cabinetmaker from Hesse who settled in New York City in the 1840s.

Other notable individuals with the surname FASTHORSE include:

• Friedrich Fasthorse (1832-1912), a German-born botanist who studied plant life in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

• Margaret Fasthorse (1871-1944), an author and journalist from England who wrote for several London newspapers in the early 20th century.

• Jakob Fasthorse (1895-1976), a German-American inventor who patented several designs for agricultural machinery used on farms in the Midwest.

• Elise Fasthorse (1920-2003), an acclaimed opera singer from Austria who performed leading roles with companies across Europe in the mid-1900s.

While not an extremely widespread name historically, the surname FASTHORSE has carried on the legacy of its equine origins from the German countryside into modern times across the Western world.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Fasthorse

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Fasthorse.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Fasthorse was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Fasthorse has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Fasthorse was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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