How common is the surname Faber?

10,039 people in the United States had the surname Faber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,755 Americans. It ranked 3,555th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Faber?

Sandra Faber, American astrophysicist, followed by Frederick William Faber.

Where is the surname Faber most common?

Wikidata records people named Faber in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Albania.

How do you pronounce Faber?

Faber is /ˈfeɪ.bɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Faber getting more or less common?

Less common. 10,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,039 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Faber

A Latin occupational surname, carried by 10,039 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfeɪ.bɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex F160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faber is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Favre, both from Latin faber (“craftsman”). Doublet of Dobry.

Faber is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,039 people named Faber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,755 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 10,061.

#3,555

rank among US surnames

10,039

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,260)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,547	Vines	10,061	30,687
#3,548	Perdomo	10,058	30,697
#3,550	Eggleston	10,057	30,700
#3,551	Shi	10,055	30,706
#3,552	Bills	10,051	30,718
#3,553	Allard	10,047	30,730
#3,554	Kirchner	10,044	30,739

Who is named Faber

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Faber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fabers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sandra Faber
American astrophysicist, born 1944
Frederick William Faber
19th-century British hymn writer, Catholic priest, and theologian, 1814–1863
Urijah Faber
American mixed martial artist (born 1979)
Brock Faber
American ice hockey player, born 2002
Red Faber
(1888-1976) American baseball player and coach
Alice Faber Tryon
American botanist (1920-2009)
Floreta Faber
Albanian ambassador to the United States, born 1968

Notable Fabers come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Albania (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faber

Faber has the Soundex code F160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F160.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Faber come from?: From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Favre, both from Latin faber (“craftsman”). Doublet of Dobry.
How common is the surname Faber?: 10,039 people in the United States had the surname Faber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,755 Americans. It ranked 3,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faber?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Faber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Faber?: Sandra Faber, American astrophysicist, followed by Frederick William Faber.
Where is the surname Faber most common?: Wikidata records people named Faber in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Albania.
How do you pronounce Faber?: Faber is /ˈfeɪ.bɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Faber?: Faber is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Faber getting more or less common?: Less common. 10,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,039 in 2010, down 0.2%.