The Faye surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,410 people carried this name — #18,196 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,592 people named Faye.
160 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Haute-Vienne.
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
172 people named Faye live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 143 people named Faye 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
Faye in American newspapers,
1907–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 97,113 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Faye,
with a public archive behind them.
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Théodore-Sébastienne Harriet 1779–1852 · painter -
Hans Faye 1797–1852 · banker -
Andreas Faye 1802–1869 · writer -
Gabriel Smith Faye 1806–1875 · vicar -
Frans Christian Faye 1806–1890 · professor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 142 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faye.
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