The Faber surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,039 people carried this name — #3,555 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (10,061).
What the name means
The meaning of the Faber surname
From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Favre, both from Latin faber (“craftsman”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Faber» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
1,792 people named Faber have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,362 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 721 people named Faber.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
186 people named Faber live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 140 people named Faber 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 Córdoba.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 59 people named Faber 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
78 people named Faber is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Faber in American newspapers,
1914–1943.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 109,145 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Faber,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Faure 1270–1340 · writer -
Nikolaus Faber 1350–1500 -
Johann Faber 1478–1541 · bishop -
Aegidius Faber 1490–1558 · theologian -
Giovanni Faber 1574–1629 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 140 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faber.
- Eyraud 184 · U.S. census
- Faas 1,096 · U.S. census
- Fabacher 316 · U.S. census
- Fabbri 1,068 · U.S. census
- Fabbro 321 · U.S. census
- Fabe 111 · U.S. census
- Fabert 202 · U.S. census
- Fabi 271 · U.S. census
- Fabian 13,161 · U.S. census
- Fabiani 405 · U.S. census
- Fabiano 2,121 · U.S. census
- Fabie 122 · U.S. census
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