The Fabiani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 405 people carried this name — #51,396 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 19% from 500 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fabiani surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From the personal name Fabiano.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fabiani» (Italian), 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 779 people named Fabiani 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 mapWhere they live today
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 501 people named Fabiani.
87 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Corsica.
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
59 people named Fabiani live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In print
Fabiani in American newspapers,
1889–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,234 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fabiani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Fabiani 1821–1907 · military personnel -
Federico Fabiani 1835–1914 · sculptor -
Thomas Fabiani 1688–1778 · Catholic priest
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Simon Fabiani 1698–1736 · politician
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Simon Fabiani 1698–1736 · politician
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José Fabiani 1712–1787 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fabiani.
- 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
- Fabian 13,161 · 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
- Fabre 2,702 · U.S. census
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