The Fabian surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,161 people carried this name — #2,738 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,400 people counted. That is up 20% from 10,951 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fabian surname
A male surname transferred from the given name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fabián» (Slovak), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,444 people named Fabian 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 Salta.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
1,239 people named Fabian have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,718 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
230 people named Fabian live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 178 people named Fabian.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Fabian 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 Brussels-Capital.
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
125 people named Fabian 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).
Who carried it
People named Fabian,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oskar Fabian 1846–1899 · physicist -
Juliánna Fábián 1766–1810 · writer
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Jacob Albert Fabian 1794–1830 · clarinetist
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Jan Nepomuk Fabian 1807–1861 · Catholic priest
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Theodor Fabian 1835–1912 · merchant
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Aleksander Fabian 1847–1911 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fabian.
- 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
- Fabi 271 · U.S. census
- Fabiani 405 · U.S. census
- Fabiano 2,121 · U.S. census
- Fabie 122 · U.S. census
- Fabien 460 · U.S. census
- Fabin 205 · U.S. census
- Fabing 144 · U.S. census
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