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The Fabbri surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,068 people carried this name — #23,714 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,027 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 606 people named Fabbri 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 223
Santa Fe 141
City of Buenos Aires 124
Córdoba 86
Río Negro 32

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 532 people named Fabbri.

183 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 183
Meurthe-et-Moselle 53
Bouches-du-Rhône 42
Paris 28
Moselle 27
Vaucluse 23
Alpes-Maritimes 20
Isère 16
Rhône 13

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

229 people named Fabbri live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 49
Vaud 36
Basel-Landschaft 32
Zurich 19
Bern 18
Geneva 18
Aargau 15
Basel-Stadt 11

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.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 38 people named Fabbri live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 17
Hainaut 14
Brussels-Capital 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

29 people named Fabbri is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 29

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Fabbri in American newspapers,
1860–1934.

Newspaper page from Baltimore Wecker carrying the name Fabbri
Baltimore Wecker 1860-11-15
Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Fabbri
The Times 1892-04-30
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Fabbri
The Sun 1903-04-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,504 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fabbri,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edoardo Fabbri
    Edoardo Fabbri 1778–1853 · writer
  • Giovan Battista Fabbri
    Giovan Battista Fabbri 1806–1875 · teacher
  • Flora Fabbri
    Flora Fabbri 1822–1880 · ballet dancer
  • Inez Fabbri
    Inez Fabbri 1831–1909 · actor
  • Cosimo Fabbri
    Cosimo Fabbri 1836–1894 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 179 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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