The Fath surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,398 people carried this name — #19,348 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,384 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 481 people named Fath.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Moselle.
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
34 people named Fath live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 25 people named Fath 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 Salta.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Fath,
with a public archive behind them.
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Heinrich Fath 1863–1929 · military personnel -
Edward Arthur Fath 1880–1959 · astronomer -
Georges Fath 1818–1900 · playwright
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René Maurice Fath 1850–1922 · writer
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Sara Fath 1867–1942
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Adam Fath 1881–1955 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fath.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Fath is.
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