Fairgrieve Surname
Approximately 1,564 people bear this surname
Fairgrieve Surname Definition:
Thomas Feirgrive appears in Bentmylne, 1658, and Gideon Fairgrive in Melrose, 1685 (RRM., I, p. 175; III, p. 106). Feirgreive 1659. See also Forgrave.
Fairgrieve Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Scotland | 724 | 1:7,395 | 1,122 |
England | 372 | 1:149,780 | 14,332 |
United States | 272 | 1:1,332,570 | 92,890 |
Canada | 103 | 1:357,724 | 32,292 |
Northern Ireland | 31 | 1:59,517 | 4,663 |
Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Scotland | 409 | 1:9,152 | 1,197 |
England | 53 | 1:459,913 | 26,089 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
Fairgrieve Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Thomas Feirgrive appears in Bentmylne, 1658, and Gideon Fairgrive in Melrose, 1685 (RRM., I, p. 175; III, p. 106). Feirgreive 1659. See also Forgrave.
(English) [for the first element v. under Fairbank; the second is Old English gráf, græf, a grove, copse]
Fairgrieve Demographics
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Fairgrieve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fairgrieve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fairgrieve is most common in Scotland. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fairgrieve? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fairgrieve is the 252,918th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,659,556 people. Fairgrieve is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Fairgrieve reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in British Isles.
The surname Fairgrieve is most commonly occurring in Scotland, where it is borne by 724 people, or 1 in 7,395. In Scotland it is most frequent in: East Lothian, where 32 percent live, Fife, where 16 percent live and City of Edinburgh, where 16 percent live. Other than Scotland this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.
Fairgrieve Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fairgrieve has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Fairgrieve surname rose 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it rose 702 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 971 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fairgrieve Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Fairgrieve surname are 14.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.11% being registered with the party.
The amount Fairgrieve earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.53% more than the national average, earning $47,259 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.25% more than the national average, earning $52,787 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
---|---|---|---|
Fairgrieves | 95 | 6 | / |
Fairgreve | 95 | 3 | / |
Fairgrive | 95 | 2 | / |
Fargrieve | 95 | 0 | / |
Feargrieve | 90 | 51 | / |
Fairgreive | 90 | 10 | / |
Fairgreves | 90 | 1 | / |
Fairgreave | 90 | 0 | / |
Fairgreeve | 90 | 0 | / |
Fairgreaves | 86 | 5 | / |
Fairgreives | 86 | 0 | / |
Fairgrave | 84 | 5 | / |
Fergrieve | 84 | 0 | / |
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