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    The surname Fairman

    A surname, carried by 2,470 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F655

    Fairman: #12,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fairman #12,541, 2,470 people Fairman: #12,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fairman #12,541, 2,470 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fairman is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,470 people named Fairman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,998 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,314.

    #12,541
    rank among US surnames
    2,470
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,324)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,536Dahlin2,472124,897
    #12,540Volker2,471124,948
    #12,541Fairman2,470124,998
    #12,547Baumgart2,469125,049
    #12,548Koop2,468125,099

    Who is named Fairman

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

    77% of people named Fairman identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fairmans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Fairman
      American actor, born 1934

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fairman

    Fairman has the Soundex code F655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fairman?
    2,470 people in the United States had the surname Fairman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,998 Americans. It ranked 12,541st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fairman?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Fairman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fairman?
    Michael Fairman, American actor.
    Where is the surname Fairman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fairman in the United States.
    Is the surname Fairman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,470 in 2010, up 6.7%.