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    The surname Fairbank

    A place surname, carried by 1,052 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F615

    Fairbank: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fairbank #23,978, 1,052 people Fairbank: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fairbank #23,978, 1,052 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fairbank is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    From fair + bank.

    Fairbank is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,052 people named Fairbank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,038.

    #23,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,052
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #22,999)

    Who is named Fairbank

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

    96% of people named Fairbank identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fairbanks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John King Fairbank
      American sinologist (1907-1991)
    • Christopher Fairbank
      British actor, born 1953

    Notable Fairbanks come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Fairbank

    Fairbank has the Soundex code F615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F615.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fairbank come from?
    From fair + bank.
    How common is the surname Fairbank?
    1,052 people in the United States had the surname Fairbank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. It ranked 23,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fairbank?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fairbank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Fairbank?
    John King Fairbank, American sinologist (1907-1991), followed by Christopher Fairbank.
    Where is the surname Fairbank most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fairbank in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Fairbank?
    Fairbank is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Fairbank getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,052 in 2010, up 1.3%.
    What are other spellings of Fairbank?
    Fairbanks.