Feast

See also: feast

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)

1. A surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Feast is the 61585^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 558.