Faircloth Surname
Approximately 12,641 people bear this surname
Faircloth Surname Definition:
A Dialectal pron. of Fairclough, q.v
Faircloth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,955 | 1:30,319 | 3,774 |
| England | 418 | 1:133,297 | 13,123 |
| Wales | 80 | 1:38,682 | 3,791 |
| Canada | 65 | 1:566,855 | 47,218 |
| New Zealand | 59 | 1:76,751 | 11,256 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 319 | 1:76,412 | 8,322 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,228 | 1:40,895 | 4,799 |
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
A corruption of Fairclough, (pronounced Faircluff). A 'clough' is a narrow ravine or glen.
A corruption of Fairclough; from Danish, faar a sheep, clough a cleft in a hill, also a narrow ravine or glen.
Faircloth Demographics
Average Male Faircloth Height
177.29 cm
Average Female Faircloth Height
162.67 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairclothe | 95 | 2 | / |
| Fairclotch | 95 | 1 | / |
| Faircloths | 95 | 1 | / |
| Fairclouth | 95 | 1 | / |
| Farcloth | 94 | 2 | / |
| Fircloth | 94 | 2 | / |
| Fairclot | 94 | 2 | / |
| Feircloth | 89 | 1 | / |
| Farclouth | 89 | 1 | / |
| Farrcloth | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fairclath | 89 | 0 | / |
| Fuircloth | 89 | 0 | / |
| Faercloth | 89 | 0 | / |
| Fairclotte | 84 | 0 | / |
| Fourcloud | 56 | 27 | / |
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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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Faircloth
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