Faro Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Records tie Faro closely to Haro. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Haro”.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Spelled with “f” instead of “h”, Faro shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• Faro sounds close to Farrow, Farr and Fair, so it can help to search both.
• French birth records list 435 children named Faro between 1891 and 2000. Births under the name grew in the later decades. 947 Americans were listed as Faro in the 2010 census.

Faro coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Haro surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Faro report, with a museum-style coat of arms.