Favre is used as a family name or surname in Italy, France, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Favre
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Italy, France, England
Meaning:

Favre is a variant form of Lefevre. Old French le fevre, a workman, particularly a smith, like the Latin faber. Modern French has rejected the word and substituted forgeron, though the surname is nearly as common in France as Smith is with us. Many settlements of Le Fevres have taken place in England, and at least half a dozen different coats of arms are now associated with the name in this country. The Lefevres of Heckfield came from the neighbourhood of Rouen, and established themselves in England at the Rev. of the Edict of Nantes, settling in Essex and Hampshire. B.L.G.

Favre is a form of the LeFevre. The worker in metals, a smith. Also found with F not capitalized.

The is a variation of Fevre. The worker in metals, a smith.

Favre is a variation of the Fevre. The Smith.

A form of Fever. Old French Le fevre, the smith.

How popular is Favre?

Favre is common in France, Switzerland, United States, Argentina, Italy, Canada, Morocco, Brazil.

Favre is ranked 16000 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Favres plummeted by 1.96 per cent to 1198 since 2000 and slipped by 1457 spots and ranked at 21717. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.23 90.51
Hispanic or Latino 3.26 2.05
Others 2.59 1.96
Black 2.5 2.7
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.34 1.96
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.09 0.82
Favre is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 34859 people have been found who wears Favre as their family name. Favre is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Favre:
289 France17,433
38 Switzerland10,820
Countries with thousands of Favre:
18,650 United States1,931
1,976 Argentina1,809
7,696 Italy1,427
Countries with hundreds of Favre:
19,219 Canada188
34,956 Morocco170
55,629 Brazil126
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
122,930 Thailand94
36,665 England90
66,883 Germany84
4,668 Uruguay84
27,634 Australia84
557 New Caledonia78
31,022 Netherlands71
7,659 Chile69
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,432 Dominican Republic39
42,948 Belgium28
27,867 Sweden25
51,392 Spain25
3,086 French Polynesia18
24,503 Peru17
115,449 South Africa17
18,211 Singapore13
578,870 India12
126,214 Poland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
3,584 El Salvador8
10,125 China7
668 Monaco7
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Rose Favre was 22 years old when she migrated to USA on November 30, 1852. She lived in France where she worked as farmer and took Saint Denis from Havre. Farmer Hypolite Favre, Marie Favre, aged 3, Virginie Favre, aged 34, Engraver Antoine Favre, Of unknown age Davis Favre, Farmer Claude Favre, Louis Favre, aged 30, 32 years old Eugenie Favre, and 74 other Favre around 47.54% of whom were farmer while others worked as merchant and servant, laborer, spinster, cook, engineer, teacher migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg & Southampton and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Favre Namesakes

  • Jules Favre, French statesman
  • Luis Favre,
  • Gilbert Favre, clarinetist from Geneva, Switzerland
  • Louis Favre, Swiss engineer
  • Deanna Favre, wife of former NFL quarterback Brett Favre
  • Brett Favre, former American football quarterback
  • Patrick Favre, former Italian biathlete
  • Corinne Favre, French professional ski instructor
  • Lucien Favre, Swiss football manager and former footballer

Favre Namesakes

  • Jules Favre, French statesman
  • Luis Favre,
  • Gilbert Favre, clarinetist from Geneva, Switzerland
  • Louis Favre, Swiss engineer
  • Deanna Favre, wife of former NFL quarterback Brett Favre
  • Brett Favre, former American football quarterback
  • Patrick Favre, former Italian biathlete
  • Corinne Favre, French professional ski instructor
  • Lucien Favre, Swiss football manager and former footballer

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