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    The surname Fairey

    An English place surname, carried by 511 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈfɛəɹi/ 2 syllables Soundex F600

    Fairey: #42,455 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fairey #42,455, 511 people Fairey: #42,455 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fairey #42,455, 511 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fairey is more common than 73.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Fairey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 511 people named Fairey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 604,199 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 456.

    #42,455
    rank among US surnames
    511
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.1%
    change since 2000 (was #44,430)

    Who is named Fairey

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

    78% of people named Fairey identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Faireys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fairey

    Fairey has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fairey come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in Essex, from Old English fearh (“piglet”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).
    How common is the surname Fairey?
    511 people in the United States had the surname Fairey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 604,199 Americans. It ranked 42,455th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fairey?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Fairey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fairey?
    Shepard Fairey, American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator (born 1970).
    Where is the surname Fairey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fairey in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Fairey?
    Fairey is /ˈfɛəɹi/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Fairey?
    Fairey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Fairey getting more or less common?
    More common. 456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 511 in 2010, up 12%.