The Farhat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,259 people carried this name — #13,472 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 129,900 people counted. That is up 30% from 1,740 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
200 people named Farhat live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 159 people named Farhat 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 Tucumán.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 124 people named Farhat.
Most of them — 103 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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
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 117 people named Farhat 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 East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
367 people named Farhat is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Farhat in American newspapers,
1904–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 149 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Farhat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ed Farhat 1924–2003 · professional wrestler -
Ed Farhat 1926–2003 · professional wrestler
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Hassan Morsee Farhat d. 2019 · computer scientist
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Sahbi Farhat 1902–1963 · politician
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Sahbi Farhat 1902–1963 · politician
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Safia Farhat 1924–2004 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Farhat.
- Farah 6,718 · U.S. census
- Fardella 228 · U.S. census
- Fare 407 · U.S. census
- Farel 130 · U.S. census
- Fares 1,051 · U.S. census
- Farey 124 · U.S. census
- Farhi 268 · U.S. census
- Faria 6,257 · U.S. census
- Farin 319 · U.S. census
- Farina 5,633 · U.S. census
- Farinacci 557 · U.S. census
- Farine 109 · U.S. census
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