Faxon
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See also: faxon
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unexplained.
Proper noun[edit]
Faxon (countable and uncountable, plural Faxons)
- A surname.
- 1916, Edith Wharton, The Triumph of Night:
- Faxon's obvious course was to struggle through the drifts to the village, and there rout out a sleigh to convey him to Weymore; but what if, on his arrival at Mrs. Culme's, no one remembered to ask him what this devotion to duty had cost?
- An unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A census-designated place in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Faxon is the 33036th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 693 individuals. Faxon is most common among White (87.01%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Faxon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 557.
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- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Towns in Oklahoma, USA
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- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA