Fairfield Surname

85,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,645 people bear this surname

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

Fairfield Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Fairfield,' parishes and chapelries in Lancashire, Derbyshire, Somerset, &c.

Fairfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6751:98,62810,968
England8211:67,8667,851
Canada5601:65,7967,631
Scotland1811:29,5793,083
Australia1401:192,82619,093
South Africa841:644,97347,754
New Zealand581:78,07511,384
Northern Ireland511:36,1773,487
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Wales41:773,63329,106
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
China21:683,660,78330,601
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Guam11:160,1214,893
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland751:59,0654,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3481:70,0447,858
Scotland201:187,1617,190
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1791:42,5944,965

Fairfield (57) may also be a first name.

Fairfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Fairfield,' parishes and chapelries in Lancashire, Derbyshire, Somerset, &c.

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

Of local origin. A coal-pot and salt-pan were claimed by Alexander Fairfield in Dysart, 1572 (Dysart, p. 37). A Fairfields is mentioned in Fife Retours.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English or Scandinavian) [for the first element v. under Fairbank; the second is Old English feld, a field, plain; or for Old Norse fjall, a fell]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Fairfield (beautiful field or hog field), the name of places in Derbyshire and Worcestershire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From Fairfield, appellation of places in cos. Derby, Kent, Lancaster, and of eleven local names in the U.S. The name means sheep-field; from Danish, faar, a sheep.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Or Fierville. Lovel, Ralph, and Roger de Fiervilla of Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

The Norman People (1874)

Fairfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fairfield occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fairfield? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 85,434th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,290,974 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Fairfield are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 57 people.

The last name Fairfield is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 3,675 people, or 1 in 98,628. In The United States Fairfield is primarily concentrated in: California, where 13 percent are found, Illinois, where 9 percent are found and Indiana, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States Fairfield is found in 37 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Fairfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fairfield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fairfield last name grew 312 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 236 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 905 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 81 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Fairfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Fairfield last name are 15.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.1% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Fairfield earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 13.09% less than the national average, earning R 206,532 per year; in United States they earn 0.64% more than the national average, earning $43,425 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.21% more than the national average, earning $52,271 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fairrfield951/
Faiirfield951/
Faierfield950/
Farfield9420/
Fairfeld940/
Firfield940/
Farrfield890/
Fairfld881/
Farfild880/
Fierfieldt840/
Feierfield840/
Varfield821/
Varfeldt7110/
Feirfelt711/
Faurfelt711/
Virfelt632/
Verrfeldt560/
Fierfeldt560/

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Fairfield Reference & Research

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

Fairfield 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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fairfield
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