The Faes surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 258 people carried this name — #70,679 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,752 people named Faes 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.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 394 people named Faes.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Nord.
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
88 people named Faes live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faes.
- Facchini 413 · U.S. census
- Faccini 108 · U.S. census
- Faccio 219 · U.S. census
- Fade 139 · U.S. census
- Fadel 745 · U.S. census
- Faerber 683 · U.S. census
- Fage 170 · U.S. census
- Fagot 277 · U.S. census
- Fahrer 380 · U.S. census
- Fahrner 636 · U.S. census
- Fahy 2,371 · U.S. census
- Failla 1,735 · U.S. census
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