How common is the surname Fairfield?

2,630 people in the United States had the surname Fairfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,394 Americans. It ranked 11,904th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fairfield?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Fairfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fairfield?

John Fairfield, American politician (1797-1847).

Where is the surname Fairfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Fairfield in the United States.

Is the surname Fairfield getting more or less common?

More common. 2,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,630 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Fairfield

An English place surname, carried by 2,630 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fairfield is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to fair + field.

Fairfield 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 2,630 people named Fairfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,394 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,587.

#11,904

rank among US surnames

2,630

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,232)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,899	Hosmer	2,631	117,349
#11,904	Bluhm	2,630	117,394
#11,907	Beauvais	2,629	117,438

Who is named Fairfield

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

91% of people named Fairfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fairfields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Fairfield
American politician (1797-1847)

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fairfield come from?: From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to fair + field.
How common is the surname Fairfield?: 2,630 people in the United States had the surname Fairfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,394 Americans. It ranked 11,904th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fairfield?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Fairfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fairfield?: John Fairfield, American politician (1797-1847).
Where is the surname Fairfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Fairfield in the United States.
What type of surname is Fairfield?: Fairfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Fairfield getting more or less common?: More common. 2,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,630 in 2010, up 1.7%.