Feast
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English
Etymology
From either Middle English fist (“fist”), perhaps a nickname for an aggressive person, or from Middle English fest (“fart”).
Proper noun
Feast (plural Feasts)
- A surname from Middle English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Feast is the 61585th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 326 individuals. Feast is most common among Black/African American (49.69%) and White (45.09%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Feast”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 558.