Faux
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See also: faux
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either a variant of Faulks or borrowed from French Faux.
Proper noun[edit]
Faux (plural Fauxes)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Faux is the 22260th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1158 individuals. Faux is most common among White (89.38%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Faux”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Occitan or Middle French. In France it is most prevalent in Gironde.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Faux m
Descendants[edit]
- English: Faux
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
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- French terms borrowed from Occitan
- French terms derived from Occitan
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with homophones
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French surnames
- French surnames from Middle French
- French surnames from Occitan