Faille
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in French: fault
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/faj/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Faille is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 84K(inferred from the name graph)
- OMOman≈1 in 80K
- CACanada≈1 in 113K
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 152 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 80K (inferred from the name graph)
≈810 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Oman, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Faille is read(measured from records)
Faille is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French45%
fault
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
altération de Faye, de (La) Faye, nom de plusieurs localités en France.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
- English45%
A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Faille 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 84K | 94 | Faille | 152 |
| CA Canada | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 113K | — | Faille | 61 |
| US United States | 331 | 1 in 1M | 377 | Faille | 95 |
| EG Egypt | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 841K | — | Faille | 3 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈99 est. | ≈1 in 175K | — | Faille | 10 |
| OM Oman | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Faille | 3 |
| BE Belgium | 39 | 1 in 301K | 39 | Faille | 32 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)
Faille 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 Irish, genitive singular of faill
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fro, failure
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)
- Jacob Baart de la Faille IIb. 1795NLDutch university teacher (1795-1867)
- Jacob Baart de la Failleb. 1886NLDutch art critic (1886-1959)
- Albert Failleb. 1887CACanadian explorer
- Léon Failleb. 1917FRFrench politician
- Gaby Failleb. 1926FRcyclist
- Muriel Failleb. 1953CACanadian painter
- Meili Failleb. 1972CACanadian politician
- Arnaud FailleDEGerman entomologist
- Camille FailleFRFrench climber
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 9 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 377 | #58,182 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 331 | #60,790 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 331 | #57,544 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 158 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 144 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 123 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 113 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 110 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 103 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 98 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 96 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 94 | — |
Reference works 2
- 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
- Where does the name Faille come from?
- A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Faille?
- A machine transcription gives /faj/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Faille mean?
- In French, fault
- In which country does Faille have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 809 people named Faille in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled faille.
- How common is the name Faille?
- In the United States, the national register counted 331 people named Faille in 2010, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
What do you want to know about Faille?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/failleThe 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, “Faille”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.