The Faris surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,401 people carried this name — #6,321 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,600 people counted. That is up 12% from 4,828 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 87 people named Faris 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.

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

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 34
Flemish Brabant 12
Antwerp 11
East Flanders 8
West Flanders 6
Limburg 6
Hainaut 5
Liège 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 80 people named Faris 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 Neuquén.

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

Where they live today

Neuquén 43
Buenos Aires Province 37

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 37 people named Faris.

Most of them — 33 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 33
Maine-et-Loire 3
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Faris live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 13
Geneva 5
St. Gallen 4
Vaud 4
Bern 3

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 the Nordic population registers

113 people named Faris is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 113

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

Faris in American newspapers,
1909–1920.

Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Leader carrying the name Faris
The Semi-weekly Leader 1919-10-15
Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Leader carrying the name Faris
The Semi-weekly Leader 1920-07-14
Newspaper page from San Antonio Light And Gazette carrying the name Faris
San Antonio Light And Gazette 1909-12-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 117,914 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Faris in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

1,271 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Faris. The most, 335, date from the 1860s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 637
New South Wales 310
Queensland 117
ACT (Canberra) 68
South Australia 45
Western Australia 33
Tasmania 18
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Faris,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George W. Faris
    George W. Faris 1854–1914 · lawyer
  • Herman P. Faris
    Herman P. Faris 1858–1936 · politician
  • Charles Breckenridge Faris
    Charles Breckenridge Faris 1864–1938 · judge
  • Abderrahmane Farès
    Abderrahmane Farès 1911–1991 · politician
  • Mustapha Faris
    Mustapha Faris 1933–2023 · statesperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Mustapha Faris: Politiquemaroc85, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 50 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Faris,
in the records of 7 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 States406 records

406 records of the Faris name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 214
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • Other U.S. records 129
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dixie D. Faris

    Born 1922 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock; farmer from Izard County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Missouri Veterans Cemetery / Springfield, Missouri.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Vincenzo Florio from Genoa and Palermo, aged 25; peasant. From Maeshal, Italy; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James B. Faris

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1836, died 1910; buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 406 records for Faris in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia58 records

58 records of the Faris name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 24
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 13
  • Other Australian records 21
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Henry Faris

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Sarah, sailing from London in 1836. Native of Grove, Berkshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George H. G. Faris

    Former grazier of Ashburton, Victoria; died 1952.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Faris

    Arrived in Queensland in 1866 aboard the Queen of the Colonies.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 58 records for Faris in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands26 records

26 records of the Faris name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 14
  • Dutch population registers 10
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jacoba Wilhelmina Faris

    Married in 1844 in Utrecht. Died 1862 in Utrecht, aged 52.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Geertruida Hendrika Catharina Faris

    Born 1859 in Utrecht. Died 1859 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johannes Cornelis Faris

    Died 1874 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 57; carpenter.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Faris in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Faris name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Other Canadian records 4
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Albert Faris

    Buried in 1963 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 69.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Albert Faris

    Died 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Glen Dean Faris

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 15 records for Faris in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France9 records

9 records of the Faris 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 Clotilde Jeanne Faris

    Born 1902 in Algeria; died 1996 in Orange (Vaucluse).

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

    Born 1930 in Iraq; died 1997 in Paris.

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

    Born 1916 in Algeria; died 1998 in Nîmes (Gard).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Faris 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).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Faris name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Douglas Charles Faris

    Died 1956, aged 54; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Faris

    Died 1972, aged 72; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Faris name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. H. Faris

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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