The Fabry surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,217 people carried this name — #21,470 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,261 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,094 people named Fabry.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 679 people named Fabry 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
44 people named Fabry live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 39 people named Fabry 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.
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.
Who carried it
People named Fabry,
with a public archive behind them.
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Władysław Fabry d. 1946 · musicologist -
Wilhelm Fabry 1560–1634 · physician -
Wilhelm Fabry 1560–1634 · physician
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Joseph Dominique Fabry-Garat 1774–1833 · composer -
Pierre-Marc de Fabry 1777–1824 · politician -
Jacques-Hyacinthe Fabry 1758–1851 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fabry.
- Fabregas 440 · U.S. census
- Fabri 257 · U.S. census
- Fabris 438 · U.S. census
- Fabrizi 557 · U.S. census
- Fabrizio 2,920 · U.S. census
- Fabro 672 · U.S. census
- Faby 130 · U.S. census
- Facchini 504 · U.S. census
- Faccini 108 · U.S. census
- Faccio 274 · U.S. census
- Fade 154 · U.S. census
- Fadel 1,047 · U.S. census
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