# Fairbanks (surname)

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

A habitational surname. An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places named "fair bank" etc.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,466 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,743 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,616 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (8,948 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɛɹbæŋks/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Fairbank |

## Etymology

From fair + bank.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fairbanks 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fairbanks in the United States.

## People named Fairbanks

- Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883–1939)
- Charles W. Fairbanks, American politician; Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909 (1852–1918)
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American actor and United States naval officer (1909–2000)
- William Fairbanks, American actor (1894–1945)

## Similar surnames

Farfan, Fairbank, Ferrufino.

## 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.