Fa
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/fɑ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Fa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 429K(measured from records)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 4.6K
- TNTunisia≈1 in 5.4K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 57 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈25,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Fã in DZ Algeria.
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)
de phaeine, lumineuse. aa Faïa est son diminutif. Fêtes : 18 (31) mai, 28 mai (11 juin). Phanie est son équivalent français. Fête : 18 mai. 130
Sources 7
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Russian Names
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
- Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1)
- Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Fa 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.
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ouyang Fab. 1040Song dynasty person CBDB=7308
- King Wu of Zhoub. 1150CNnot in their usual namefounder of China's Zhou dynasty
- Danny Pang Fatb. 1965CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong screenwriter and film director
- Fa of Xia16th Chinese king of Xia Dynasty
- Huang FaMing dynasty person CBDB = 317668
- Yang FaCNTang dynasty person CBDB = 22496
- Miao FaTang dynasty person CBDB = 93671
- Wang FaSong dynasty person CBDB = 36862
- Zhai FaMing dynasty person CBDB = 325576
- Wang FaMing dynasty person CBDB = 321152
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 388 | #56,803 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 311 | #64,054 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 220 | #80,216 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 2 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Fa?
- A machine transcription gives /fɑ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Fa a male or female name?
- Fa is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Fa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Fa in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fa.
- How common is the name Fa?
- In the United States, the national register counted 775 people named Fa in 2020, about 1 in 429 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/faThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Fa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.