Fairhurst Surname
Approximately 8,339 people bear this surname
Fairhurst Surname Definition:
Of local origin, probably from some place of the name in England.
Fairhurst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,587 | 1:9,973 | 1,471 |
| United States | 1,248 | 1:290,432 | 26,961 |
| Canada | 412 | 1:89,431 | 9,845 |
| Australia | 306 | 1:88,221 | 10,161 |
| New Zealand | 200 | 1:22,642 | 3,959 |
| South Africa | 174 | 1:311,366 | 29,669 |
| Wales | 130 | 1:23,804 | 2,501 |
| Scotland | 116 | 1:46,154 | 4,115 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,439 | 1:9,994 | 1,514 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:112,030 | 4,740 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 143 | 1:351,180 | 26,857 |
Fairhurst Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Of local origin, probably from some place of the name in England.
(English) [for the first element v. under Fairbank; the second is Old English hyrst, a wood]
From Fairest; a location name in Yorkshire (?).
Fairhurst Demographics
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Fairhurst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fairhurst Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fairhurst is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fairhurst? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 60,424th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 873,911 people. The last name Fairhurst is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Fairhurst are found; 70 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in British Isles.
This surname is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 5,587 people, or 1 in 9,973. In England Fairhurst is primarily concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 30 percent live, Merseyside, where 11 percent live and Lancashire, where 10 percent live. Beside England this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.
Fairhurst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fairhurst has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 229 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 873 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 929 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 2,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fairhurst Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Fairhurst last name are 3.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.52% registered with the party.
The amount Fairhurst earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.62% more than the national average, earning R 443,472 per year; in United States they earn 12.59% more than the national average, earning $48,580 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.03% more than the national average, earning $52,184 CAD per year.
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Fairhurst Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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