The Fava surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,483 people carried this name — #17,510 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 265 people named Fava.
72 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Nord.
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
99 people named Fava live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fava.
- Faustin 696 · U.S. census
- Faustini 294 · U.S. census
- Faustino 1,126 · U.S. census
- Faut 136 · U.S. census
- Fauth 1,048 · U.S. census
- Faux 1,129 · U.S. census
- Favaro 406 · U.S. census
- Favero 708 · U.S. census
- Favier 269 · U.S. census
- Favre 1,222 · U.S. census
- Favreau 1,552 · U.S. census
- Favret 287 · U.S. census
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