Faé Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Faé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Fae (4,768) & Faè (2) are calculated separately.

Faé Last Name Facts

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

The last name Faé is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Fae or Faè. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Faé? popularity and diffusion

Faé is the 3,432,070th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Faé are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 283,204. In Switzerland Faé is most frequent in: Canton of Lucerne, where 69 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 28 percent reside and Canton of Aargau, where 3 percent reside. Other than Switzerland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 9 percent reside and Austria, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fae894,768/
Faè892/
Fahé864/
Faés863/
Fayé862/
Fa8036,712/
80210/
Fay6739,111/
Fai6713,230/
Fau677,970/
Fah677,422/
Fia674,531/
Fea673,141/
Faa672,622/
Fua672,328/
Fao671,683/
Foa671,095/
Fwa67691/
Hfa67255/
Fha67216/
Fya6771/
Féo6728/
Faÿ6726/
Wfa6722/
Fée6719/
Faï6710/
Ffa679/
Faà676/
F A676/
Fié674/
Faů674/
Foé673/
Fía672/
Fúa671/
Feé671/
Faî671/
Faú671/
Fêa671/
Féu671/

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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 Faé
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