Faur
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ironsmith, blacksmith
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fɑɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Faur is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.
- ARArgentina1 in 30Kas Faure(measured from records)
- RORomania≈1 in 5.6K
- SYSyria≈1 in 21K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Faur itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 49 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,800 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Romania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
ironsmith, blacksmith
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Faur 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Faur | 18 |
| US United States | 3,113as Foor | 1 in 107K | 3.1K | Faur | 31 |
| AR Argentina | 1,506as Faure | 1 in 30K | 1.5K | Faur | 49 |
| SY Syria | ≈910 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Faur | 1 |
| FR France | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 126K | 4.9K | — | — |
| IL Israel | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Faur | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | 220as Faure | 1 in 38K | 220 | — | 4 |
| SE Sweden | 33 | 1 in 309K | 33 | — | — |
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); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)
Faur is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Romanian, subst. 1. - (Dm ; Mot ; Ard ; Arh) etc. frecv. ca n. de familia ; Fourui Faure( (Glos) ; Faur -ie, -eni, -esti ss.; -escu (Hur 98). 2. Faurlel; -ei, -oaia ss. 3. Fauroanea matronim, b. (C Bog).
as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc
In Romanian, FÁUR2, fauri, s. m. 1. (Înv.) Fierar. 2. Gândăcel lunguieț și subțire, păros, de culoare castanie (Elater segetum).
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
In Romanian, FÁUR1 s. m. (Pop.) Februarie.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
In got, romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂
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)
- Pierre du Faur de Saint-Joryb. 1532FRFrench jurist
- Louis-François Faurb. 1746FRFrench librettist
- Freda du Faurb. 1882AUAustralian mountaineer (1882–1935)
- Dan Faurb. 1911RORomanian writer
- José Faurb. 1934ARArgentine talmud researcher
- Viorel Faurb. 1941RORomanian academic
- Jean-Claude Faurb. 1944French librarian
- Anna Faurb. 1978HU(1978–) film director
- Remus Faurb. 1989RORomanian biathlete
- Gabriel FaurRORomanian politician from Bârzava, Arad County
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 20 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 512 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 300 | #70,358 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 285 | #65,133 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 275 | #71,042 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 84 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 84 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 69 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 69 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 64 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 62 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 61 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 54 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Faur mean, and where does it come from?
- ironsmith, blacksmith Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Faur?
- A machine transcription gives /fɑɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Faur have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Faur in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled faur.
- How common is the name Faur?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 33 people named Faur, about 1 in 309 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Faur?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/faurThe 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, “Faur”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.