Fair Surname
Approximately 30,385 people bear this surname
Fair Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality.
John de Fayre, Close Rolls, 29 Edward I.
Fair Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,841 | 1:15,203 | 1,923 |
| Canada | 1,758 | 1:20,959 | 2,886 |
| England | 1,173 | 1:47,500 | 5,968 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Australia | 525 | 1:51,420 | 6,365 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Scotland | 436 | 1:12,279 | 1,638 |
| New Zealand | 170 | 1:26,637 | 4,667 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Ireland | 137 | 1:34,372 | 2,882 |
| South Africa | 120 | 1:451,481 | 38,064 |
| Northern Ireland | 119 | 1:15,505 | 2,102 |
| Liberia | 116 | 1:38,005 | 3,523 |
| Wales | 88 | 1:35,165 | 3,495 |
| Indonesia | 76 | 1:1,740,121 | 112,888 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Jamaica | 23 | 1:124,780 | 4,616 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Isle of Man | 14 | 1:6,130 | 1,329 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Somaliland | 9 | 1:388,909 | 1,001 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 280 | 1:15,821 | 1,990 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 709 | 1:34,380 | 4,503 |
| Scotland | 350 | 1:10,695 | 1,338 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,597 | 1:13,961 | 1,789 |
Fair (2,605) may also be a first name.
Fair Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality.
John de Fayre, Close Rolls, 29 Edward I.
Andro Fair of the Bradhirst, baize deput to John of Craufurd (Prestwick, p. 24), and Thomas Fare witnessed an instrument of 1446 (ibid., p. 114). John Faire was presbyter of Glasgow diocese, 1507 (Friars Ayr, p. 73), and Isobel Fair in Easter Caldstrem, 1675, and four more of the name are recorded in Lauder Commissariot Record. Margret Fair was charged in Inverness in 1585 with lightly deriding "the law of God and man in committing of the chryme of fornicatioun and adultre" (Rec. Inv., I, p. 299). Farie 1550, Fary 1549, Farye 1551. Lower and Harrison suggest the name is from the adjective fair "blond, handsome," and Bardsley says it is of local origin.
(English) Blonde, Handsome [Middle English fair(e, fayr(e, Old English fæger] Richard le Fayre.—Hund. Rolls [FAIRBAIRN] (English) Fair Child [Old English fæger + bearn] Occasionally confused with Fair- burn, q.v.
An adjectival surname being a translation of fionn. IF 19
One of the adjectival surnames, in this case a translation of fionn. IF 19
(English) The light-complexioned or handsome man; one who lived or worked at the fair or market.
Allusive to complexion. So the Latin Flavus, the French Blond, Blondel, &c., and the Italian Biondi, &c. It is often found in composition with other words, in English family names, as will be seen below. Sometimes the epithet alludes to a personal peculiarity, as in Fairhead, Fairbeard, and sometimes to a local one, as in Fairford, Fairholm, Fairbank, Fairbridge, Fairburn.
Radulphus Fere of Normandy 1180, 1195 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Reginald Fer of England 1199 (Rotuli Curiae Regis). Walter Fere of England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Fair Demographics
Fair Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Fair Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fair Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fair (Arabic: فيرَ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﻴﺮ, Hindi: फैर) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fair.
How Common Is The Last Name Fair? popularity and diffusion
It is the 18,160th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 239,840 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Fair live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 144,056th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 2,605 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 23,841 people, or 1 in 15,203. In The United States Fair is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 8 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 93 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
Fair Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fair has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fair last name expanded 663 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 125 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 51 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 978 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fair Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Fair surname is predominantly Anglican (56%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Fair last name are 14.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.81% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Fair earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 8.05% more than the national average, earning R 256,764 per year; in United States they earn 7.21% less than the national average, earning $40,038 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.01% more than the national average, earning $53,166 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faire | 89 | 670 | / |
| Faier | 89 | 447 | / |
| Fajir | 89 | 297 | / |
| Faird | 89 | 248 | / |
| Faior | 89 | 67 | / |
| Fhair | 89 | 7 | / |
| Faiar | 89 | 3 | / |
| Fairr | 89 | 2 | / |
| Faihr | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fairp | 89 | 1 | / |
| Faitr | 89 | 1 | / |
| Faair | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fgair | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fayir | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fairz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fairt | 89 | 0 | / |
| Pfair | 89 | 0 | / |
| Fairh | 89 | 0 | / |
| Far | 86 | 16,278 | / |
| Fir | 86 | 1,368 | / |
| Faajir | 80 | 127 | / |
| Fayire | 80 | 64 | / |
| Fgaier | 80 | 45 | / |
| Fairre | 80 | 3 | / |
| Faisre | 80 | 3 | / |
| Faiure | 80 | 3 | / |
| Faiher | 80 | 3 | / |
| Fawier | 80 | 2 | / |
| Faiyor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fayior | 80 | 1 | / |
| Faiier | 80 | 1 | / |
| Faheir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Faaire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Faihir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Faiore | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fairhe | 80 | 0 | / |
| Farr | 75 | 44,866 | / |
| Fard | 75 | 13,809 | / |
| Fire | 75 | 12,132 | / |
| Fajr | 75 | 11,748 | / |
| Faur | 75 | 10,751 | / |
| Fare | 75 | 8,412 | / |
| Farh | 75 | 8,057 | / |
| Fear | 75 | 6,345 | / |
| Fior | 75 | 5,723 | / |
| Fahr | 75 | 4,005 | / |
| Fier | 75 | 1,521 | / |
| Vair | 75 | 1,345 | / |
| Faer | 75 | 922 | / |
| Feir | 75 | 461 | / |
| Farz | 75 | 385 | / |
| Fihr | 75 | 326 | / |
| Fird | 75 | 123 | / |
| Fitr | 75 | 79 | / |
| Firt | 75 | 66 | / |
| Firr | 75 | 50 | / |
| Fart | 75 | 47 | / |
| Faar | 75 | 47 | / |
| Fatr | 75 | 34 | / |
| Fuir | 75 | 32 | / |
| Fayr | 75 | 20 | / |
| Pfir | 75 | 15 | / |
| Fasr | 75 | 8 | / |
| Firh | 75 | 6 | / |
| Farì | 75 | 6 | / |
| Fgar | 75 | 5 | / |
| Firz | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pfar | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ffar | 75 | 4 | / |
| Fhir | 75 | 4 | / |
| Foir | 75 | 3 | / |
| Farp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fhar | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fisr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Firp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Åfar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Faár | 75 | 1 | / |
| Farø | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fijr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hfar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fgir | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fairová | 73 | 13 | / |
| F'Gaier | 73 | 2 | / |
| Faggier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faaajir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Șfaițer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faure | 67 | 84,624 | / |
| Fajar | 67 | 27,329 | / |
| Farre | 67 | 9,771 | / |
| Feier | 67 | 4,667 | / |
| Phair | 67 | 3,011 | / |
| Pfarr | 67 | 2,524 | / |
| Fajer | 67 | 1,486 | / |
| Fayer | 67 | 1,147 | / |
| Fuior | 67 | 993 | / |
| Fierz | 67 | 712 | / |
| Fawer | 67 | 646 | / |
| Fijer | 67 | 428 | / |
| Feare | 67 | 304 | / |
| Pfaar | 67 | 303 | / |
| Fijar | 67 | 282 | / |
| Fahar | 67 | 225 | / |
| Foire | 67 | 187 | / |
| Faehr | 67 | 181 | / |
| Fujir | 67 | 173 | / |
| Fijor | 67 | 170 | / |
| Fauer | 67 | 162 | / |
| Firre | 67 | 127 | / |
| Fayre | 67 | 125 | / |
| Fahur | 67 | 89 | / |
| Feire | 67 | 62 | / |
| Feahr | 67 | 43 | / |
| Feard | 67 | 41 | / |
| Fayor | 67 | 36 | / |
| Fujar | 67 | 36 | / |
| Faurt | 67 | 32 | / |
| Firhs | 67 | 29 | / |
| Vaiar | 67 | 25 | / |
| Fuire | 67 | 24 | / |
| Feart | 67 | 23 | / |
| Vaier | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pfaur | 67 | 19 | / |
| Fiiar | 67 | 18 | / |
| Feiyr | 67 | 16 | / |
| Farht | 67 | 15 | / |
| Farhe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Fahrt | 67 | 14 | / |
| Faurd | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fayar | 67 | 11 | / |
| Fejir | 67 | 11 | / |
| Feior | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fuyar | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fiehr | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fiære | 67 | 9 | / |
| Faaar | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pfare | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pfier | 67 | 7 | / |
| Féard | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fajur | 67 | 5 | / |
| Farrd | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fatrh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Feňar | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ffaer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fajor | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fausr | 67 | 3 | / |
| Feirt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fejar | 67 | 3 | / |
| Foier | 67 | 3 | / |
| Firhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Firrp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Feitr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fisrt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hffar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Farhd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fayér | 67 | 2 | / |
| Firht | 67 | 2 | / |
| Farhh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faarh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fajrd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fearr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fojar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ffeir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfarz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfeir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pffar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Firdt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Firph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fisre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fiyar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fiyer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fgaar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fgaur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fharp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fierr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fehar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faard | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faarr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farrh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuirz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fyyar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foird | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vayir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaior | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfard | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fayur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farrr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farzh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farzz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farïd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faarø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hfard | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fau'r | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fardd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feuar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fijir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fitrr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fittr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Firrd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fardh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fajrh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fajrr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhart | 67 | 0 | / |
| Foyar | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fharr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Farhs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Feihr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Firtt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fahrr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fardt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Faurr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fartt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fieyr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fauhr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Farrt | 67 | 0 | / |
Fair Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fair in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﻴﺮ | afyr | - |
| Fair in the Hindi language | ||
| फैर | phaira | - |
| Fair in the Arabic language | ||
| فيرَ | fyra | - |
| فير | fyr | - |
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