How common is the surname Fabian?

13,161 people in the United States had the surname Fabian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,459 Americans. It ranked 2,738th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fabian?

In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Fabian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fabian?

Lara Fabian, Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter, followed by Patrick Fabian.

Where is the surname Fabian most common?

Wikidata records people named Fabian in the United States and Belgium.

How do you pronounce Fabian?

Fabian is /ˈfeɪ.bi.ən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Fabian getting more or less common?

More common. 10,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,161 in 2010, up 20%.

Is Fabian also a first name?

Yes. Fabian is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fabian

A surname, carried by 13,161 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfeɪ.bi.ən/ 3 syllables Soundex F150 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fabian is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,161 people named Fabian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,459 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,951.

#2,738

rank among US surnames

13,161

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+20.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,729	Jeter	13,198	23,393
#2,730	Tong	13,196	23,397
#2,731	Lyle	13,192	23,404
#2,732	Scales	13,190	23,408
#2,733	Segovia	13,182	23,422
#2,734	Burleson	13,176	23,432
#2,735	Chiu	13,174	23,436

Who is named Fabian

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

48% of people named Fabian identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 45%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fabians

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lara Fabian
Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter, born 1970
Patrick Fabian
American actor, born 1964
John M. Fabian
American pilot and astronaut, 1939–2026
Eva Fabian
American-Israeli open water swimmer, born 1993

Notable Fabians come mostly from the United States (3) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fabian

Fabian has the Soundex code F150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F150.

Questions

Where does the surname Fabian come from?: From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus.
How common is the surname Fabian?: 13,161 people in the United States had the surname Fabian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,459 Americans. It ranked 2,738th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fabian?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Fabian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fabian?: Lara Fabian, Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter, followed by Patrick Fabian.
Where is the surname Fabian most common?: Wikidata records people named Fabian in the United States and Belgium.
How do you pronounce Fabian?: Fabian is /ˈfeɪ.bi.ən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Fabian getting more or less common?: More common. 10,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,161 in 2010, up 20%.
Is Fabian also a first name?: Yes. Fabian is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.