Fairfoul Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Fairfoul Surname Definition:

A beautiful bird. Qu. a provincialism for peacock?

Fairfoul Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:1,797,35772,927
Scotland281:191,20810,357
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland441:85,0734,558
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Fairfoul Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A beautiful bird. Qu. a provincialism for peacock?

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Fairfoul Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fairfoul is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fairfoul? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,849,867th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Fairfoul live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 59 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 1,797,357. In England it is mostly found in: Cambridgeshire, where 19 percent reside, Bedfordshire, where 16 percent reside and Kent, where 16 percent reside. Outside of England it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 28 percent reside and Australia, where 25 percent reside.

Fairfoul Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fairfoul has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fairfoul Last Name Statistics demography

Fairfoul earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Canada they earn 84.66% more than the national average, earning $91,744 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fairfoull9463/
Fairful9367/
Fairfull88485/
Fairfold884/
Fairfoll880/
Fairfaul880/
Fairfool880/
Farful861/
Faurfoull824/
Fierfol802/
Fearful800/
Fearfull753/
Fairfiel752/
Fairfall752/
Farfal71355/
Fairfeild715/
Varfol713/
Farfulova711/
Farfall670/
Faierpfeil670/
Varfull670/
Farfalle6311/
Feirfeil636/
Fourfold632/
Fajerfal632/
Feierfeil59212/
Farfalova598/
Farfał5783/
Verfol574/
Feierfeilová5028/

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