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    The surname Fairley

    A surname, carried by 6,398 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F640

    Fairley: #5,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fairley #5,441, 6,398 people Fairley: #5,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fairley #5,441, 6,398 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fairley is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,398 people named Fairley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,257 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,723.

    #5,441
    rank among US surnames
    6,398
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,569)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,436Delapaz6,40448,211
    #5,437Aguero6,40248,226
    #5,438Haynie6,40048,241
    #5,441Fairley6,39848,257

    Who is named Fairley

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

    63% of people named Fairley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 63%
    • White (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Fairleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Neil Hamilton Fairley
      Australian tropical physician and military officer (1891-1966)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fairley

    Fairley has the Soundex code F640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fairley?
    6,398 people in the United States had the surname Fairley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,257 Americans. It ranked 5,441st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fairley?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Fairley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fairley?
    Neil Hamilton Fairley, Australian tropical physician and military officer (1891-1966).
    Where is the surname Fairley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fairley in Australia.
    Is the surname Fairley getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,398 in 2010, up 12%.