Faire Surname
Approximately 670 people bear this surname
Faire Surname Definition:
(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.
Faire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 281 | 1:1,289,889 | 90,528 |
| New Zealand | 107 | 1:42,321 | 7,058 |
| France | 63 | 1:1,054,329 | 115,549 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Jamaica | 18 | 1:159,442 | 5,298 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 49 | 1:497,457 | 27,315 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40 | 1:1,255,467 | 70,036 |
The alternate forms: Fairé (1) are calculated separately.
Faire (339) may also be a first name.
Faire Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(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.
Faire Demographics
Faire Political Affiliation
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Faire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faire (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﻴﺮ, Hindi: फैरे) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Fairé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 493,410th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,876,934 people. Faire occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Faire are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Faire is also the 474,488th most commonly held forename globally, borne by 339 people.
The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 1,289,889. In The United States it is most common in: Missouri, where 17 percent live, Washington, where 15 percent live and California, where 12 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 33 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 16 percent live and France, where 9 percent live.
Faire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Faire has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Faire last name expanded 703 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 41 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Faire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Faire surname is principally Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Faire are 38.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 85.45% being registered with the party.
The amount Faire earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.49% less than the national average, earning $39,484 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.37% more than the national average, earning $53,842 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faire in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﻴﺮ | afyr | - |
| Faire in the Hindi language | ||
| फैरे | phaire | - |
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Faire Reference & Research
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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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Faire
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