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    The surname Fairchild

    A surname, carried by 13,993 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F624

    Fairchild: #2,581 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fairchild #2,581, 13,993 people Fairchild: #2,581 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fairchild #2,581, 13,993 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fairchild is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,993 people named Fairchild in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,064 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,700.

    #2,581
    rank among US surnames
    13,993
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,424)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,572Deaton14,05221,972
    #2,573Seay14,04621,981
    #2,574Squires14,04521,983
    #2,575Estep14,03721,995
    #2,576Arndt14,03122,005
    #2,577Satterfield14,02322,017
    #2,578Early14,01422,031

    Who is named Fairchild

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

    92% of people named Fairchild identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fairchilds

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Morgan Fairchild
      American actress, born 1950
    • 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, born 1950
    • Olive Oatman
      American living in Mormon, Tolkepaya, and Mohave societies after childhood kidnapping, 1837–1903

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fairchild

    Fairchild has the Soundex code F624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F624.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fairchild?
    13,993 people in the United States had the surname Fairchild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,064 Americans. It ranked 2,581st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fairchild?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fairchild identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fairchild?
    Morgan Fairchild, American actress, followed by Charles Stebbins Fairchild.
    Where is the surname Fairchild most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fairchild in the United States.
    Is the surname Fairchild getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,993 in 2010, up 2.1%.