# Fairclough (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,057 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,881 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 292,096 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (803 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Faircloth |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Middle English fayr (“fair, beautiful”) + clough (“narrow valley, ravine”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fairclough 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) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Fairchild, Faircloth, 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.