# Fairchild (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,993 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,581 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,064 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (13,700 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fairchild 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fairchild in the United States.

## People named Fairchild

- Morgan Fairchild, American actress
- Charles Stebbins Fairchild, American lawyer, politician (1842–1924)
- David Grandison Fairchild, American botanist, mycologist and explorer (1869-1954)
- Lucia Fairchild Fuller, American painter (1872-1924)
- Sherman Fairchild, American businessman (1896–1971)
- June Fairchild, American actress (1946–2015)
- Barbara Fairchild, American country and gospel singer
- Olive Oatman, American living in Mormon, Tolkepaya, and Mohave societies after childhood kidnapping

## Similar surnames

Faircloth, Fairclough, Frizzell, Fragale, Freckleton.

## 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.