# Fairey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fairey/  
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 Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 511 |
| US rank (2010) | 42,455 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 604,199 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (456 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɛəɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Essex, from Old English fearh (“piglet”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fairey 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fairey in the United States.

## People named Fairey

- Shepard Fairey, American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator (born 1970)

## Similar surnames

Frey, Fair, Fiore, Furey, Frei, Fray, Fry, Frye, Farr, Fierro, Farrow, Ferry.

## 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.