Fárias

surname · Latin script

Fárias is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 63rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: principal places: Guimarães, Lima.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 336(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina1 in 539
  • BRBrazil≈1 in 551

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (inferred from the name graph)

≈380,000 people, est.

#543 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
327 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 336 (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Farias in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, US United States and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

principal places: Guimarães, Lima

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fárias counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fárias is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#63≈380,000 est.≈1 in 551313Farias210
AR Argentina#8384,3041 in 53984KFarias108
VE Venezuela#189≈28,000 est.≈1 in 1K—Farias74
CL Chile#154≈21,000 est.≈1 in 883—Farias121
US United States—16,1531 in 21K16KFarias327
UY Uruguay#5610,0781 in 33610KFarias54

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Fárias under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Fárias mean, and where does it come from?
principal places: Guimarães, Lima Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
In which country does Fárias have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 385 thousand people named Fárias in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled farias.
Where is Fárias most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Fárias is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 336 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Fárias?
In Argentina, the national register counted 84,304 people named Fárias, about 1 in 539 residents.
How common is Fárias compared with other names?
In Brazil, Fárias is the 63rd most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fárias” — the 63rd most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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