Fairholm Surname

728,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Fairholm Surname Definition:

Of local origin from Fairholm (Lanark Retours, 98), now Farme. A surname in Midlothian for several generations. Jemet Fairum was married in Edinburgh, 1604 Edinb. Marr.). Marion Fairholm appears in Overtoun of Quodquen, 1621, and three more of the name are in record in Lanark (Lanark CR.

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Fairholm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1511:2,400,390147,856
Canada1101:334,96030,494
England781:714,33440,171
Scotland501:107,0767,147
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
Scotland321:116,9765,458
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Fairholm Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Of local origin from Fairholm (Lanark Retours, 98), now Farme. A surname in Midlothian for several generations. Jemet Fairum was married in Edinburgh, 1604 Edinb. Marr.). Marion Fairholm appears in Overtoun of Quodquen, 1621, and three more of the name are in record in Lanark (Lanark CR.). John Fairholm, merchant burgess of Edinburgh, died in 1646 (Douglas, Peerage, I, p. 75), and John Ferholme, merchant burgess there in 1655 (Inquis, 3997) may have been his son. George Fairholme, tanner at the West Port of Edinburgh, 1653 (ibid., 3735). Fairholm of Craigiehall an old family in West Lothian. The name has been shortened to Ferme, which see.

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

(Scandinavian) Dweller at the Sheep Island or Low Riparian Land [Old Norse fær, a sheep + hólm-r]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A beautiful island.

The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

Local. The fair island, or fair lands bordering on water; also, where a fair or market is held.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Fairholm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fairholm has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fairholm? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 728,955th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Fairholm live; 64 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Fairholm is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 2,400,390. In The United States it is primarily found in: Iowa, where 23 percent live, Utah, where 15 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 28 percent live and England, where 20 percent live.

Fairholm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fairholm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fairholm last name expanded 719 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 181 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 156 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fairholm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fairholm surname are 18.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65% registered with the political party.

The amount Fairholm earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 21.22% more than the national average, earning $52,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.39% more than the national average, earning $64,782 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fairholme9488/
Farholm9314/
Faurholm8858/
Feirholm880/
Fauerholm827/
Varholm8047/
Freholm803/
Fyrholm803/
Färholm801/
Fierhelm750/
Fägerholm711/
Feyerholm711/
Feurhelm634/
Feuerhelm59505/
Viralm571/
Feuerhellm561/

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