The Farina surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,633 people carried this name — #6,088 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,441 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Farina surname
From farina (“flour”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a dealer in flour.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Farina» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 13,534 people named Farina 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 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 686 people named Farina.
322 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
337 people named Farina live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 119 people named Farina 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 Liège.
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
33 people named Farina 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
Farina in American newspapers,
1794–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 117,327 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Farina,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Maria Farina 1657–1732 · merchant -
Johann Maria Farina 1685–1766 · businessperson -
Johann Maria Farina 1713–1792 · merchant -
Giovanni Antonio Farina 1718–1787 · perfumer -
Johann Baptist Farina 1758–1844 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 207 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Farina.
- Fares 1,051 · U.S. census
- Farey 124 · U.S. census
- Farhat 2,259 · U.S. census
- Farhi 268 · U.S. census
- Faria 6,257 · U.S. census
- Farin 319 · U.S. census
- Farinacci 557 · U.S. census
- Farine 109 · U.S. census
- Farineau 101 · U.S. census
- Farinelli 428 · U.S. census
- Farison 118 · U.S. census
- Farkas 6,714 · U.S. census
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