The Fahrer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 322 people carried this name — #62,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 15% from 380 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
158 people named Fahrer live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 76 people named Fahrer.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bas-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.
Who carried it
People named Fahrer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste Fahrer 1862–1925 · Catholic priest
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Pete Fahrer 1890–1967 · baseball player
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Walter Fahrer 1939–2025 · comics artist
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Thomas Fahrer 1955– · drummer
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Dieter Fahrer 1958– · screenwriter
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Jörg Fahrer 1978– · food chemist
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fahrer.
When the index is not enough
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