Favret surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Favret surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 280 people carried this name — #69,996 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 287 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 428 people named Favret.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Haute-Saône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 36
Haute-Saône 89
Paris 51
Haute-Savoie 47
Haute-Marne 24
Marne 24
Meurthe-et-Moselle 20
Aisne 17
Doubs 15

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 40 people named Favret 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 30
Misiones 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Favret,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pietro Favret 1871–1936 · mosaicist
  • Pierre-Marcel Favret 1875–1950 · teacher
  • Jean-Marc Favret 1932– · jurist
  • Jeanne Favret-Saada 1934– · ethnologist
  • Jacky Favret 1949– · politician
  • Gilles Favret 1958– · diplomat

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Favret is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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