Popularity of the last name by country
France
- Dordogne (266,255)
- Hautes-Alpes (132,977)
- Puy-de-Dôme (119,299)
- Aude (102,027)
- Haute-Vienne (99,071)
- Tarn-et-Garonne (94,610)
- Rhône (91,294)
- Loire (91,008)
- Haute-Loire (87,418)
- Ardèche (82,991)
- Paris (78,024)
- Drôme (72,869)
- Charente (69,560)
- Isère (63,460)
- Creuse (43,191)
- Haute-Garonne (38,831)
- Allier (35,713)
- Corrèze (29,983)
- Gard (27,007)
- Gironde (26,981)
- Ariège (24,457)
- Charente-Maritime (24,411)
- Vienne (23,942)
- Bouches-du-Rhône (20,039)
- Ain (16,709)
- Tarn (15,949)
- Vaucluse (12,188)
- Pyrénées-Orientales (11,494)
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (9,313)
- Hérault (8,740)
- Nord (7,020)
- Cantal (6,865)
- Saône-et-Loire (6,842)
- Lot (5,656)
- Lot-et-Garonne (5,576)
- Savoie (5,504)
- Finistère (5,442)
- Gers (5,219)
- Seine-Maritime (5,095)
- Yvelines (4,913)
- Morbihan (4,767)
- Marne (4,200)
- Hauts-de-Seine (4,064)
- Alpes-Maritimes (3,949)
- Somme (3,857)
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques (3,851)
- Var (3,840)
- Seine-Saint-Denis (3,805)
- Jura (3,794)
- Indre (3,764)
- Seine-et-Marne (3,584)
- Aveyron (3,448)
- Haute-Savoie (3,441)
- Aisne (3,340)
- Meuse (3,129)
- Deux-Sèvres (2,990)
- Nièvre (2,715)
- Cher (2,674)
- Val-de-Marne (2,661)
- Aube (2,636)
All countries
- France (1,952,991)
- Algeria (11,825)
- Switzerland (7,477)
- United States (4,564)
- Italy (3,936)
- Netherlands (3,524)
- Belgium (2,301)
- Germany (2,266)
- United Kingdom (2,206)
- Spain (1,707)
- Canada (1,258)
- Morocco (1,081)
- Tunisia (736)
- Martinique (728)
- Russian Federation (710)
- Réunion (621)
- Viet Nam (585)
- India (548)
- Argentina (520)
- Unknown country (508)
- Luxembourg (430)
- South Africa (373)
- New Zealand (353)
- Turkey (286)
- Madagascar (256)
- Austria (248)
- Australia (221)
- New Caledonia (184)
- Guadeloupe (183)
- Monaco (158)
- Poland (151)
- Denmark (148)
- Chile (145)
- Mauritius (143)
- Senegal (133)
- Sudan (114)
- Portugal (109)
- Ireland (106)
- Estonia (102)
- Cuba (100)
Origine of last name
FAURE : French:: 1: (also Fauré): occupational name for a blacksmith or ironworker from a regional form of Old French fevre (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Lefevre">Lefevre</a>). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Ford">Ford</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Fore">Fore</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Foree">Foree</a>.2: possibly also a habitational name from Le Faure and La Faure the name of several places in the southern part of France.
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