The Faur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 275 people carried this name — #71,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 4% from 285 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 512 people named Faur 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 382 people named Faur.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Ariège.
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
27 people named Faur live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 the Nordic population registers
31 people named Faur 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).
Who carried it
People named Faur,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ioan Faur 1822–1888 · politician -
Ioan Faur 1822–1888 · politician
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Freda du Faur 1882–1935 · mountaineer -
Pierre de Faur d. 1582 · Catholic priest
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Pierre du Faur de Saint-Jory 1532–1600 · jurist
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Henri du Faur 1638–1692
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faur.
- Faucher 2,562 · U.S. census
- Faucheux 613 · U.S. census
- Faude 131 · U.S. census
- Faul 2,916 · U.S. census
- Faulcon 660 · U.S. census
- Faulhaber 1,338 · U.S. census
- Faura 151 · U.S. census
- Faure 578 · U.S. census
- Faurie 164 · U.S. census
- Faurot 493 · U.S. census
- Faus 544 · U.S. census
- Fausset 237 · U.S. census
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