How common is the surname Fair?

18,609 people in the United States had the surname Fair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,591 Americans. It ranked 1,942nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fair?

Jad Fair, American singer and guitarist (born 1954), followed by Lorrie Fair-Allen.

Where is the surname Fair most common?

Wikidata records people named Fair in the United States.

Is the surname Fair getting more or less common?

More common. 17,658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,609 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Fair

A surname, carried by 18,609 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fair is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,609 people named Fair in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,591 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,658.

#1,942

rank among US surnames

18,609

people in 2010

6.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,870)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,933	Vidal	18,677	16,531
#1,934	Kiser	18,674	16,533
#1,935	Peoples	18,672	16,535
#1,936	Waite	18,664	16,542
#1,937	Beyer	18,641	16,563
#1,938	Desai	18,638	16,565
#1,939	Banuelos	18,636	16,567

Who is named Fair

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

65% of people named Fair identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fairs

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jad Fair
American singer and guitarist (born 1954)
Lorrie Fair-Allen
American soccer player, born 1978
James Graham Fair
American politician (1831–1894)
Yvonne Fair
American singer, 1942–1994
Brian Fair
American vocalist, born 1975
Virginia Fair Vanderbilt
American socialite, heiress, philanthropist, youngest daughter of Senator James Graham Fai, 1875–1935

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fair

Fair has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Questions

How common is the surname Fair?: 18,609 people in the United States had the surname Fair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,591 Americans. It ranked 1,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fair?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Fair identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fair?: Jad Fair, American singer and guitarist (born 1954), followed by Lorrie Fair-Allen.
Where is the surname Fair most common?: Wikidata records people named Fair in the United States.
Is the surname Fair getting more or less common?: More common. 17,658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,609 in 2010, up 5.4%.