Faure

See also: faure and fauré

English

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Faure

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from French Faure.

Proper noun

Faure (plural Faures)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Faure is the 38332^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 578 individuals. Faure is most common among White (70.93%), Hispanic/Latino (14.53%) and Black/African American (11.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Faure”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 555.

French

Etymology

Occupational surname for a blacksmith, from Old French fevre, from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”). Compare Lefevre, Ford, Fore, Foree.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ/

Proper noun

Faure ?

1. a surname

   Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician and President of France from 1895 until his death