Faber Family History
Faber Name Meaning
Occupational name for a smith or ironworker, from Latin
faber ‘craftsman’. This was in use as a surname in England,
Scotland, and elsewhere in the Middle Ages and is also found as a
personal name. At the time of the Reformation, it was much used as a
humanistic name, a translation into Latin of vernacular surnames such
as German Schmidt and Dutch Smit.Secondary surname
in French Canada for Lefebvre. The name Fabert appears
in Kaskaskia, IL, in 1725.
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Name Distribution of Faber Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Faber families
 144 - 285  49 - 143 |
 1 - 48  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Faber families
|
48 - 94 17 - 47 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Faber last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Faber census records
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Faber Family Origin
Faber Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Faber
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Faber Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Faber census records
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Faber Civil War Service Records
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