How common is the surname Fairbanks?

9,466 people in the United States had the surname Fairbanks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,616 Americans. It ranked 3,743rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fairbanks?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Fairbanks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Fairbanks?

Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883–1939), followed by Charles W. Fairbanks.

Where is the surname Fairbanks most common?

Wikidata records people named Fairbanks in the United States.

How do you pronounce Fairbanks?

Fairbanks is /ˈfɛɹbæŋks/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Fairbanks getting more or less common?

More common. 8,948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,466 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Fairbanks

A place surname, carried by 9,466 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfɛɹbæŋks/ 2 syllables Soundex F615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fairbanks is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

From fair + bank.

Fairbanks 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 9,466 people named Fairbanks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,616 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,948.

#3,743

rank among US surnames

9,466

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,650)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,734	Antoine	9,493	32,523
#3,735	Wicks	9,489	32,537
#3,736	Kunkel	9,488	32,541
#3,737	Guest	9,483	32,558
#3,738	Vaught	9,476	32,582
#3,739	Close	9,474	32,589
#3,740	Feeney	9,473	32,592

Who is named Fairbanks

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

84% of people named Fairbanks identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fairbankss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Fairbank

Surnames that sound like Fairbanks

Fairbanks 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 Fairbanks come from?: From fair + bank.
How common is the surname Fairbanks?: 9,466 people in the United States had the surname Fairbanks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,616 Americans. It ranked 3,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fairbanks?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Fairbanks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Fairbanks?: Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883–1939), followed by Charles W. Fairbanks.
Where is the surname Fairbanks most common?: Wikidata records people named Fairbanks in the United States.
How do you pronounce Fairbanks?: Fairbanks is /ˈfɛɹbæŋks/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Fairbanks?: Fairbanks is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Fairbanks getting more or less common?: More common. 8,948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,466 in 2010, up 5.8%.
What are other spellings of Fairbanks?: Fairbank.