# Fair (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fair/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,609 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,942 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,591 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (17,658 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fair in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fair in the United States.

## People named Fair

- Jad Fair, American singer and guitarist (born 1954)
- Lorrie Fair-Allen, American soccer player
- James Graham Fair, American politician (1831–1894)
- Yvonne Fair, American singer
- Brian Fair, American vocalist
- Virginia Fair Vanderbilt, American socialite, heiress, philanthropist, youngest daughter of Senator James Graham Fai

## Similar surnames

Farr, Farah, Faria, Fear, Fairey, Fry, Frye, Frey, Fierro, Farrow, Ferry, Free.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.