Fauntroy last name popularity, history, and meaning

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

Meaning of Fauntroy

A habitational name from a lost place in southwestern Normandy, France.

Fauntroy, 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 Fauntroy surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Fauntroy in America

Fauntroy is the 114424th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Fauntroy surname appeared 153 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 Fauntroy.

We can also compare 2010 data for Fauntroy 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.

2010 2000 Change (%)
Rank 114424 132259 -14.46%
Count 153 118 25.83%
Proportion per 100k 0.05 0.04 22.22%

The history of the last name Fauntroy

The surname Fauntroy is believed to have originated in France during the medieval era. It is thought to be a variant spelling of the French place name Fontrouge, which means "red fountain" or "red spring." The earliest known bearers of the name likely hailed from a village or region near a notable red-colored spring or well.

Records indicate that the name Fauntroy appeared in various forms, such as Fontrouge, Fauntroi, and Fauntroy, throughout the centuries in parts of northern France. One of the earliest documented instances of the name can be found in a 13th-century cartulary from the region of Picardy, where a landowner named Jehan de Fontrouge is mentioned.

By the 16th century, the name had spread to other areas of Europe, including England and Scotland. In 1567, a merchant named William Fauntroy is recorded as having lived in London. Around the same time, a family bearing the name Fauntroy settled in the Scottish Lowlands.

One notable historical figure with the surname Fauntroy was Sir John Fauntroy, an English soldier and landowner who fought in the Wars of the Roses during the 15th century. He was knighted for his service to the House of Lancaster and later acquired estates in Warwickshire.

Another prominent individual with this name was Reverend Thomas Fauntroy, an English clergyman and scholar who lived in the 17th century. He served as a rector in the Church of England and authored several theological works.

In the 18th century, a French Huguenot family named Fauntroy fled religious persecution and settled in the American colonies. One of their descendants, Joseph Fauntroy, was a patriot during the American Revolutionary War and served in the Continental Army.

Moving into the 19th century, Mary Fauntroy was a noted abolitionist and women's rights activist from Pennsylvania. She was involved in the Underground Railroad and worked alongside prominent figures like Lucretia Mott and William Lloyd Garrison.

Lastly, Walter E. Fauntroy was a notable civil rights leader and politician from Washington, D.C. Born in 1933, he served as a delegate to the United States Congress and was actively involved in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside Martin Luther King Jr.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Fauntroy

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

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 Fauntroy was:

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Total Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only (S)% (S)
Non-Hispanic Black Only 89.54% 137
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only (S)% (S)
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races 3.92% 6
Hispanic Origin 3.92% 6

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 Fauntroy has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

2010 2000 Change (%)
White (S)% 4.24% (S)%
Black 89.54% 95.76% -6.71%
Asian and Pacific Islander (S)% 0.00% (S)%
American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Two or More Races 3.92% 0.00% 200.00%
Hispanic 3.92% 0.00% 200.00%

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 Fauntroy was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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