How common is the surname Faircloth?

8,954 people in the United States had the surname Faircloth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,481 Americans. It ranked 3,971st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Faircloth?

Lauch Faircloth, American politician (1928-2023).

Where is the surname Faircloth most common?

Wikidata records people named Faircloth in the United States.

Is the surname Faircloth getting more or less common?

More common. 8,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,954 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Faircloth

A surname, carried by 8,954 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faircloth is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Fairclough.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,954 people named Faircloth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,481 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,665.

#3,971

rank among US surnames

8,954

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,757)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,962	Wilks	8,972	34,412
#3,964	Jankowski	8,970	34,420
#3,965	Simonson	8,968	34,427
#3,966	Kwan	8,965	34,439
#3,967	Evangelista	8,964	34,443
#3,968	Rau	8,961	34,454
#3,969	Lozada	8,959	34,462

Who is named Faircloth

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

90% of people named Faircloth identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Faircloths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lauch Faircloth
American politician (1928-2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faircloth

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

Questions

Where does the surname Faircloth come from?: Variant of Fairclough.
How common is the surname Faircloth?: 8,954 people in the United States had the surname Faircloth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,481 Americans. It ranked 3,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faircloth?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Faircloth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Faircloth?: Lauch Faircloth, American politician (1928-2023).
Where is the surname Faircloth most common?: Wikidata records people named Faircloth in the United States.
Is the surname Faircloth getting more or less common?: More common. 8,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,954 in 2010, up 3.3%.