How common is the surname Fairbairn?

1,312 people in the United States had the surname Fairbairn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. It ranked 20,274th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fairbairn?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fairbairn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fairbairn getting more or less common?

More common. 1,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,312 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Fairbairn

A surname, carried by 1,312 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fairbairn is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,312 people named Fairbairn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,260.

#20,274

rank among US surnames

1,312

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #19,775)

Who is named Fairbairn

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

92% of people named Fairbairn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fairbairn

Fairbairn has the Soundex code F616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F616.

Questions

How common is the surname Fairbairn?: 1,312 people in the United States had the surname Fairbairn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. It ranked 20,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fairbairn?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fairbairn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fairbairn getting more or less common?: More common. 1,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,312 in 2010, up 4.1%.