Fage is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fage
No. of characters: 4
Origin: France
Meaning: Occitan name designating a place planted beech. As family name, it's in the Corrèze it is most prevalent. Alternative: Fages (48).

How popular is Fage?

Fage is common in France.

Fage is ranked 132509 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fage bearers increased by 7.647059 per cent in 2010 US census to 183 since 2000, the surname slipped by 212 spots and ranked at 98982. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.52 88.24
Hispanic or Latino 7.1 6.47
Others 2.73 0
Fage is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in France. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Jersey. Around 2953 people have been found who wears Fage as their family name. Fage is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
6,235 Costa Rica7
812 Monaco5
381,097 Ukraine4
24,766 Scotland2
139,444 Brazil2
40,064 Nigeria2
6,266 Luxembourg2
118,015 Netherlands1
107,212 South Africa1
37,779 Serbia1
165,773 Belarus1
40,340 Malaysia1
15,705 Cameroon1
9,116 Nicaragua1
172,258 Germany1
153,416 Italy1
81,201 Switzerland1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,510 Denmark49
13,872 New Zealand43
20,103 Norway33
61,159 Australia30
595 Jersey28
86,938 Spain14
Countries with hundreds of Fage:
54,671 India536
19,682 England269
96,418 United States236
28,748 Argentina179
17,090 Romania104
32,758 Canada101
Countries with thousands of Fage:
6,737 France1,286
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Patrick Fage from Ireland aboard the Ashland from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on May 31, 1847. Catherine Fage, Mary Fage (18) Immigrant, Margaret Fage (16) Immigrant, Ann Fage (10) Immigrant, 8 years old Charles Fage, are other Fage that migrated to US.

Comments

M
Mabel Pichardo
The origin of the name is Indo-European etymology of the name comes from the Latin dux which means the water conduit; and by extension the channel / irrigated area.

Fage Namesakes

  • Tahir Abdu Fage, Author
  • Agneta Fagerström-Olsson, Film director
  • Asser Fagerström, Composer
  • Pierre Fageolle, Writer
  • Hisham Fageeh, Actor
  • Samuel Fagerholm, Soccer player
  • Karol Fageros, Tennis Player
  • Karol Fageros, Tennis Player
  • Anders Fager, Writer
  • Karl-August Fagerholm, Politician

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