Facets can be reordered on the search results page by editing the opac/parts/config.tt2 file in your template directory.
Edit the following section of config.tt2, changing the order of the facet categories according to your needs:
facet.display = [ {facet_class => 'author', facet_order => ['personal', 'corporate']}, {facet_class => 'subject', facet_order => ['topic']}, {facet_class => 'series', facet_order => ['seriestitle']}, {facet_class => 'subject', facet_order => ['name', 'geographic']} ];
You may also change the default number of facets appearing under each category by editing the facet.default_display_count value in config.tt2. The default value is 5.