The Fay surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 14,992 people carried this name — #2,225 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,299 people named Fay.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Ardennes.
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
48 people named Fay live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 Fay.
- 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
- Favro 416 · U.S. census
- Fayard 927 · U.S. census
- Faye 1,410 · U.S. census
- Fayer 369 · U.S. census
- Fayette 602 · U.S. census
- Fazi 141 · U.S. census
- Fazio 7,267 · U.S. census
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