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Farage
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English
Etymology
Believed to be of French Huguenot origin, likely signifying "forage".
Also used as an anglicised form of the Arabic surname en Faraj.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
s
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en 2017-03-28 Alan Johnson Why Brexit Is Best for Britain: The Left-Wing Case w:The New York Times A counterweight to the anti-immigrant fear mongering of the former leader of the right-wing U.K. Independence Party, Nigel Farage, Lexiteers argued a left-wing, democratic and internationalist case for Brexit.
en 2023-07-28 Steerpike Has Gina Miller also fallen victim to ‘debanking’? w:The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/has-gina-miller-also-fallen-victim-to-debanking/ It might come as some small comfort to Nigel Farage to discover that it’s not just those on his side of the Brexit debate who have fallen victim to potential ‘debanking’. https://web.archive.org/web/20250623125545/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/has-gina-miller-also-fallen-victim-to-debanking/ 23 June 2025
Derived terms
en Faragian Faragism Faragist
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Farage is the 81458th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 232 individuals. Farage is most common among White (94.4%) individuals.
See also
Farage (surname)