The Fares surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 961 people carried this name — #24,406 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 312 people named Fares 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 272 people named Fares.
Most of them — 199 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
152 people named Fares live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Fares in American newspapers,
1899–1949.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,192,470 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fares,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oreste Fares 1885–1950 · actor -
Amber Fares 1901– · documentary filmmaker -
Fares Fares 1973– · actor -
Josef Fares 1977– · screenwriter -
Myriam Fares 1983– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 31 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fares.
- Faraci 1,037 · U.S. census
- Faraco 115 · U.S. census
- Farah 3,934 · U.S. census
- Fardella 214 · U.S. census
- Fare 412 · U.S. census
- Farel 141 · U.S. census
- Farey 143 · U.S. census
- Farhat 1,740 · U.S. census
- Farhi 215 · U.S. census
- Faria 5,335 · U.S. census
- Farin 324 · U.S. census
- Farina 5,441 · U.S. census
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