How common is the surname Fabre?

2,702 people in the United States had the surname Fabre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,266 Americans. It ranked 11,612th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fabre?

In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Fabre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fabre?

Jan Fabre, artist, choreographer, designer, playwright, stage director (born 1958).

Where is the surname Fabre most common?

Wikidata records people named Fabre in Belgium.

Is the surname Fabre getting more or less common?

More common. 2,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,702 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Fabre

A Latin occupational surname, carried by 2,702 people in the United States.

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). Fabre is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Faber and Favre, all from Latin faber (“craftsman”).

Fabre 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 2,702 people named Fabre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,266 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,257.

#11,612

rank among US surnames

2,702

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+19.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,590)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,605	Taub	2,705	114,139
#11,608	Coll	2,704	114,181
#11,610	Arocho	2,703	114,223
#11,612	Sangster	2,702	114,266
#11,614	Huie	2,701	114,308
#11,620	Skiba	2,700	114,350

Who is named Fabre

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

52% of people named Fabre identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fabres

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jan Fabre
Artist, choreographer, designer, playwright, stage director (born 1958)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fabre

Fabre 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 Fabre come from?: From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Faber and Favre, all from Latin faber (“craftsman”).
How common is the surname Fabre?: 2,702 people in the United States had the surname Fabre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,266 Americans. It ranked 11,612th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fabre?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Fabre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fabre?: Jan Fabre, artist, choreographer, designer, playwright, stage director (born 1958).
Where is the surname Fabre most common?: Wikidata records people named Fabre in Belgium.
What type of surname is Fabre?: Fabre is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Fabre getting more or less common?: More common. 2,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,702 in 2010, up 20%.