Fairburn Surname

161,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,687 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Fairburn Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Fairburn,' a village near Ledsham, Leeds. Not to be confounded with Fairbairn, which see, although both must be considerably mixed, especially as the two surnames arose in the same county.

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Fairburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1041:50,4696,250
United States9881:366,86132,603
Canada2371:155,46715,773
Australia2061:131,04714,245
New Zealand871:52,0508,333
Wales321:96,7047,743
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7591:32,1154,257
Scotland151:249,5488,553
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1931:260,20021,388

Fairburn (14) may also be a first name.

Fairburn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Fairburn,' a village near Ledsham, Leeds. Not to be confounded with Fairbairn, which see, although both must be considerably mixed, especially as the two surnames arose in the same county.

Margaret de Farebum, Kent, Hundred Rolls.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Eng, or Scandinavian) [for the first element of this local name v. under Fairbank; the second is Old English burna = Old Norse brunn-r, a stream] Occasionally confused with Fair­bairn, q.v.

There is a Fairburn in the West Riding.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Fairburn Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fairburn Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fairburn is found most in England. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Fairburn click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fairburn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 161,959th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,712,150 people. The surname Fairburn is primarily found in Europe, where 43 percent of Fairburn are found; 43 percent are found in Northern Europe and 43 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.

The surname Fairburn is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 1,104 people, or 1 in 50,469. In England Fairburn is most prevalent in: West Yorkshire, where 19 percent reside, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 11 percent reside and Greater London, where 9 percent reside. Besides England this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.

Fairburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fairburn has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Fairburn last name rose 145 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 512 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fairburn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Presbyterian (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Fairburn last name are 26.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.36% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fairburn earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.99% less than the national average, earning $42,720 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.5% more than the national average, earning $50,926 CAD per year.

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Fairburn Reference & Research

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Fairbairn FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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