The Faria surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,335 people carried this name — #5,939 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,500 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
833 people named Faria live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 127 people named Faria.
Most of them — 69 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Haute-Marne.
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 Faria,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gaspar de Faria 1520–1576 · Catholic priest -
Abbé Faria 1756–1819 · scientist -
José Alemão de Mendonça Cisneiros e Faria 1797–1875 · military personnel -
Leopoldino Faria 1836–1911 · painter -
Duarte Faria e Maia 1867–1922 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 200 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faria.
- Fare 412 · U.S. census
- Farel 141 · U.S. census
- Fares 961 · U.S. census
- Farey 143 · U.S. census
- Farhat 1,740 · U.S. census
- Farhi 215 · U.S. census
- Farin 324 · U.S. census
- Farina 5,441 · U.S. census
- Farinacci 533 · U.S. census
- Farine 112 · U.S. census
- Farineau 101 · U.S. census
- Farinelli 389 · U.S. census
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