Fáber Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Fáber Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fáber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia2861:18,6592,855
Hungary571:172,21515,080
Czechia561:189,88327,834
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Faber (59,114) are calculated separately.

Fáber Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fáber is carried by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Faber. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fáber? popularity and diffusion

It is the 726,304th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Fáber live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is held by 286 people, or 1 in 18,659. In Slovakia Fáber is mostly concentrated in: Prešov Region, where 39 percent reside, Žilina Region, where 22 percent reside and Nitra Region, where 17 percent reside. Other than Slovakia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 14 percent reside and Czechia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faber9359,114/
Fober80780/
Fóber8026/
Fáberová77440/
Fáberova771/
Fabert731,299/
Fauber731,050/
Fobert73850/
Feiber73400/
Fobear73155/
Fabere73138/
Faiber73109/
Fajber73104/
Fabier73101/
Fahber7327/
Faaber7320/
Fabeer7316/
Pfaber735/
Fouber733/
Fobere732/
Fávere732/
Wfaber731/
Fosber731/
Fabear731/
Feuber730/
Feaber730/
Fasber730/
Foober730/
Foubert676,330/
Faubert676,199/
Feibert6774/
Faiberh6719/
Fosbere677/
Faibert673/
Foubere672/
Pfahber671/
Fhabert671/
Fasbeer671/
Faybert671/
Feybert671/
Fobhert670/

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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 Fáber
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