The Faure surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 571 people carried this name — #36,860 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 29,116 people named Faure.
465 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 départements, most often Loire.
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
227 people named Faure live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 71 people named Faure 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Faure in American newspapers,
1895–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 41,674 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Faure,
with a public archive behind them.
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Angélique Bullion 1593–1664 · philanthropist -
Charles Faure 1594–1644 · canon -
François Faure 1612–1687 · bishop -
Mathieu Faure 1761–1832 · politician -
Joseph Faure 1764–1836 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 204 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faure.
- Faude 114 · U.S. census
- Faul 2,520 · U.S. census
- Faulcon 593 · U.S. census
- Faulhaber 1,296 · U.S. census
- Faur 285 · U.S. census
- Faura 143 · U.S. census
- Faurie 163 · U.S. census
- Faurot 494 · U.S. census
- Faus 553 · U.S. census
- Fausset 237 · U.S. census
- Faust 15,799 · U.S. census
- Faustin 696 · U.S. census
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