# Favre (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/favre/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,198 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 257,717 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.0% (1,222 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fɑvɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Favre.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Favre in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Favre in the United States and Switzerland.

## People named Favre

- Brett Favre, American football player (born 1969)
- Willy Favre, alpine skier (1943-1986)

## Similar surnames

Favreau, Fauver, Favor, Faver, Faber, Fabre, Fifer, Fabry, Fabbri.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.