Faircloth Surname

41,334th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,641 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Faircloth Surname Definition:

A Dialectal pron. of Fairclough, q.v

Faircloth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,9551:30,3193,774
England4181:133,29713,123
Wales801:38,6823,791
Canada651:566,85547,218
New Zealand591:76,75111,256
Australia371:729,61448,196
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
France11:66,422,722504,397
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3191:76,4128,322
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2281:40,8954,799

Faircloth (13) may also be a first name.

Faircloth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Dialectal pron. of Fairclough, q.v

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A corruption of Fairclough, (pronounced Faircluff). A 'clough' is a narrow ravine or glen.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A corruption of Fairclough; from Danish, faar a sheep, clough a cleft in a hill, also a narrow ravine or glen.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Faircloth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Faircloth is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Faircloth? popularity and diffusion

It is the 41,334th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 576,501 people. The surname Faircloth is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Faircloth reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 11,955 people, or 1 in 30,319. In The United States Faircloth is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 32 percent reside, Georgia, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 13 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and Wales, where 1 percent reside.

Faircloth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Faircloth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Faircloth surname grew 974 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 131 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Faircloth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Faircloth are 8.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.94% being registered with the political party.

The amount Faircloth earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 10.29% less than the national average, earning $38,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 74.28% more than the national average, earning $86,587 CAD per year.

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Faircloth Reference & Research

Faircloth DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Faircloth 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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Footnotes

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