The Farber surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,897 people carried this name — #5,077 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,896).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Farber surname

Anglicized form of Färber, meaning "a dyer" from German Farbe "colour".

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Farber» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

264 people named Farber live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 104
St. Gallen 39
Aargau 29
Graubünden 25
Thurgau 14
Bern 13
Lucerne 7
Solothurn 7

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 97 people named Farber 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 64
Buenos Aires Province 20
San Luis 13

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 35 people named Farber.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Paris 10
Bouches-du-Rhône 4
Bas-Rhin 3
Moselle 2
Ille-et-Vilaine 1
Haut-Rhin 1
Haute-Saône 1
Seine-et-Marne 1

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 28 people named Farber 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 23
Brussels-Capital 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

25 people named Farber is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 25

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).

In print

Farber in American newspapers,
1910–1923.

Newspaper page from The Fairmont West Virginian carrying the name Farber
The Fairmont West Virginian 1910-09-07
Newspaper page from The Fairmont West Virginian carrying the name Farber
The Fairmont West Virginian 1913-09-18
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Farber
Daily Kennebec Journal 1923-09-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,774 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Farber in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

422 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Farber. The most, 84, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 4.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 158
New South Wales 98
Queensland 74
Victoria 48
ACT (Canberra) 20
South Australia 12
Tasmania 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Farber.

Who carried it

People named Farber,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sidney Farber
    Sidney Farber 1903–1973 · scientist
  • William Sims Farber 1885–1963 · writer
  • Eduard Farber 1892–1969 · chemist
  • John Clarke Farber 1893– · writer
  • Johan Farber 1900–2000 · sailor
  • Anna Müller 1902–1940

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Farber,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,010 records

2,010 records of the Farber name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 810
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 367
  • Other U.S. records 833
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frederick F. Farber

    Born 1926 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1944 at Harrisburg; transport worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Chaie Farber

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Neckar from Bremen, aged 20; seamstress. From Kowe, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George Thomas Farber

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1939, died 1986; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 2,010 records for Farber in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany700 records

700 records of the Farber name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 683
  • German applications to settle and marry 13
  • Other German records 4
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Färber

    Born 1884; from Besse, Fritzlar. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 22 June 1918; then reported dead in the list of 30 November 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 18).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Maria Anna Färber

    Left Passau for Pottendorf, Lower Austria in 1820.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Landshut (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Michael Färber

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Gössenreuth in 1849; smith.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Amberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 700 records for Farber in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands679 records

679 records of the Farber name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 335
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 326
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 18
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Willem Hendrik Färber

    Married in 1866 in Roermond; labourer, born 1826 in Rotheim (D). Died 1872 in Roermond, aged 46.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Engelina Färber

    Married in 1889 in Haarlem; domestic servant. Died 1926 in Haarlem, aged 58.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Christina Färber

    Born 1851 in Alkmaar. Died 1926 in Apeldoorn, aged 75.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Alkmaar (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 679 records for Farber in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia18 records

18 records of the Farber name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Other Australian records 4
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johann Farber

    Arrived in Queensland in 1877 aboard the Fritz Reuter, aged 28.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Louis Nathan Farber

    Teacher of Elwood, Victoria; died 1965.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Farber

    Arrived in Victoria in 1863 aboard the Winefred, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Farber in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France17 records

17 records of the Farber name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Odette Marguerite Farber

    Born 1904 in Saint-Servan-sur-Mer (Ille-et-Vilaine); died 1995 in Villemoisson-sur-Orge (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lothar Farber

    Born 1943 in Dambach-la-Ville; died 1984 in Ebersheim (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Anna Farber

    Born 1899 in the Soviet Union; died 1991 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Farber in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Farber name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Farber

    Died 1988; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Anna Marie Farber

    Died 1975; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record August Farber

    Died 1992; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Farber in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Switzerland2 records

2 records of the Farber name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Susanna Charlotta Färber

    Married in 1730 in St. Peter, canton of Zürich; of Mannheim (Deutschland).

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Georg Färber

    Married in 1543 in Grossmünster, canton of Zürich.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Farber name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Farber

    Durham Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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