The Faro surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 866 people carried this name — #26,493 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 173 people named Faro.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Finistère.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Faro live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Faro in American newspapers,
1874–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 314,620 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Faro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fernando Faro 1927–2016 · record producer -
Dilvanda Faro 1969– · politician -
Santi Faro 1971– · journalist -
Marialuisa Faro 1984– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 19 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faro.
- Farine 112 · U.S. census
- Farineau 101 · U.S. census
- Farinelli 389 · U.S. census
- Farison 132 · U.S. census
- Farkas 6,613 · U.S. census
- Farner 1,941 · U.S. census
- Faron 619 · U.S. census
- Farque 118 · U.S. census
- Farran 671 · U.S. census
- Farres 138 · U.S. census
- Farris 28,928 · U.S. census
- Farrugia 684 · U.S. census
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