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The FABIAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 10,951 3034 0.004 41
United States (1880 census) 450 10523 0.001 9
Change since 1880 +10501 +7489 +0.003 +32
Other Countries
Australia 426 3712 0.003 26
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for FABIAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,664 2172 0.005 49
New York 1,071 1973 0.006 56
Pennsylvania 996 1693 0.008 81
Ohio 731 2174 0.006 64
Texas 690 3733 0.003 33
Top States for FABIAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 996 1693 0.008 81
Connecticut 241 2111 0.007 71
Wisconsin 358 2252 0.007 67
Ohio 731 2174 0.006 64
New Jersey 540 1973 0.006 64

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FABIAN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FABIAN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FABIAN in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FABIAN by picking someone at random in Pennsylvania than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FABIAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the FABIAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the FABIAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of FABIAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 349 3.19
Black/African American 224 2.05
Mixed Race 122 1.11
Native American/Alaskan 24 0.22
White (Caucasian) 6,511 59.46
White (Hispanic) 3,720 33.97

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FABIAN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of FABIAN in historical publications

Derived from the Latin Fabius, Faba, a bean--the bean-man, so called from his success in cultivating beans.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to FABIAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FABIAN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for FABIAN

The following words are slight variants of FABIAN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.