The Farias surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,153 people carried this name — #2,252 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,200 people counted. That is up 35% from 11,977 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 84,304 people named Farias 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 30,587
Córdoba 16,706
Santa Fe 7,725
Santiago del Estero 6,177
Mendoza 2,804
City of Buenos Aires 2,721
Tucumán 2,670
Entre Ríos 2,617

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

189 people named Farias live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 43
Geneva 32
Zurich 28
Lucerne 13
Fribourg 12
Ticino 10
Valais 8
Neuchâtel 8

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 25 people named Farias.

Most of them — 15 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Nord.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Nord 4
Loire 2
French Guiana 2
Hérault 1
Yonne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

36 people named Farias is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 36

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

Farias in American newspapers,
1902–1928.

Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Farias
La Opinión 1928-10-24
Newspaper page from The Tucson Citizen carrying the name Farias
The Tucson Citizen 1902-04-02
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Farias
La Opinión 1928-07-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,111 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Farias in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

80 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Farias. The most, 17, 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 Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 23
South Australia 15
New South Wales 9
Western Australia 8
Queensland 5
ACT (Canberra) 3
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Farias,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Almerinda Farias Gama
    Almerinda Farias Gama 1899–1999 · lawyer
  • Dom Ranulfo da Silva Farias 1887–1963 · Catholic priest
  • Domenico Farias 1927–2002
  • Roberto Luna 1929–2022 · singer
  • Abdias dos Oito Baixos 1933–1991 · composer
  • Juan Farias 1935–2011 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Farias,
in the records of 2 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 States343 records

343 records of the Farias name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 185
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 89
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Lino Farias

    Born 1929; from Comal County, Texas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph Farias

    Born 1916. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California, from Alameda County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1958, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1903 aboard the Equita from Naples, aged 30; laborer. From Loreto Ap, Pescara, Italy; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 343 records for Farias in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France11 records

11 records of the Farias 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 Gerard Francisque Farias

    Born 1955 in Saint-Étienne (Loire); died 1998 in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales).

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

    Born 1909 in Portugal; died 1990 in Saint-Cyprien (Pyrénées-Orientales).

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

    Born 1928 in Portugal; died 1998 in Villenave-d'Ornon (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Farias 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).

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