Fabé Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mali

Fabé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fabé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Fabe (2,974) are calculated separately.

Fabé Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fabé Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fabé is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Fabe. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fabé? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fabé is the 4,649,889th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Fabé is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Fabé are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Fabé is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 88 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 13 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 22 percent are found and France, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fabe922,974/
Fabi7510,411/
Faba755,732/
Faby75879/
Favé7542/
Fabj757/
Fobé756/
Fabí753/
Fabá752/
Faber6759,114/
Fabio678,979/
Fabie671,872/
Fabiś671,574/
Fabay671,521/
Fauba67857/
Fabis67769/
Fabea67282/
Pfabe67280/
Fabes67256/
Faibe67141/
Fabić67113/
Fabey6791/
Fabeš6744/
Fabet6743/
Faboi6741/
Fabii6730/
Fabič6725/
Faibi6723/
Faabi6717/
Fabiš6717/
Fabee6715/
Faabe6713/
Fabai6712/
Faiba679/
Fabid679/
Fabiy678/
Faube677/
Faaba676/
Fabyi676/
Faiby675/
Fabei675/
Fatby675/
Fabhi674/
Fabaa673/
Fabih673/
Fabit673/
Fabeu672/
Fabeh672/
Fabiz672/
Fabaj672/
Fabed672/
Faboy672/
Fabys672/
Fabha672/
Faybe671/
Feaby671/
Fabge671/
Faybi671/
Fabyś671/
Faboa671/
Fabui671/
Fabez671/
Fhabe671/
Fahby671/
Feaba671/
Fauby670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fabé
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