Fabre
surname · Latin script
Meaning: de la forme régionale fabre « forgeron »
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Fabre is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In France it is the 89th most common surname.
- FRFrance≈1 in 2.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 123K
- UYUruguay1 in 4.1K
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
- 323 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈35,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
de la forme régionale fabre « forgeron »
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Fabre 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Fabre | 5 |
| FR France | #89 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 3.1K | Fabre | 323 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Fabre | 18 |
| US United States | — | 2,702 | 1 in 123K | 2.7K | Fabre | 208 |
| AR Argentina | — | 2,443 | 1 in 19K | 2.4K | — | — |
| UY Uruguay | — | 830 | 1 in 4.1K | 830 | — | — |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Fabre is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, skillfully, ingeniously
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Occitan, smith
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- François-Xavier Fabreb. 1766FRFrench painter, teacher & philanthropist (1766-1837)
- Jean-Henri Fabreb. 1823FRFrench entomologist and author (1823-1915)
- Ferdinand Fabreb. 1827FRFrench writer and poet (1827-1898)
- Henri Fabreb. 1882FRFrench aviation pioneer (1882–1984)
- Paul-Henri Fabreb. 1888FRFrench photographer and naturalist
- Lucien Fabreb. 1889FRFrench writer (1889–1952)
- Pierre Fabreb. 1926FRFrench businessman, pharmacist and pharmaceutical cosmetics executive (1926-2013)
- Pierre Fabreb. 1933FRFrench actor (1933–2006)
- Jan Fabreb. 1958BEartist, choreographer, designer, playwright, stage director (born 1958)
- Félix Savónb. 1967CUnot in their usual nameCuban heavyweight boxer
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 4.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 4.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 4.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 3.7K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 3.7K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 3.5K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 3.3K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 3.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 3.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 2.7K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.7K | #11,612 |
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
- What does the name Fabre mean?
- Recorded meaning: de la forme régionale fabre « forgeron »
- In which country does Fabre have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named Fabre in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fabre.
- How common is the name Fabre?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,702 people named Fabre in 2010, about 1 in 123 thousand residents.
- How common is Fabre compared with other names?
- In France, Fabre is the 89th most common surname of 1,200,812 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, “Fabre” — the 89th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.