The Faas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,096 people carried this name — #23,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,018 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Faas surname
Borrowed from Dutch Faas or German Faas.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Faas» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Faas.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 56 people named Faas live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chubut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Faas live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Faas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolaas Faas 1736–1795 · politician -
Jacob Faas 1621–1661
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Nicolaas Faas 1656–1690
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Jacob Faas 1684–1740
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Anthonia Faas 1763–1792
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Emil Faas 1884–1906 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faas.
- Eyermann 124 · U.S. census
- Eyl 149 · U.S. census
- Eyler 2,523 · U.S. census
- Eymann 279 · U.S. census
- Eymard 270 · U.S. census
- Eyraud 184 · U.S. census
- Fabacher 316 · U.S. census
- Fabbri 1,068 · U.S. census
- Fabbro 321 · U.S. census
- Fabe 111 · U.S. census
- Faber 10,039 · U.S. census
- Fabert 202 · U.S. census
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