Fairlough Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Fairlough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fairlough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Fairlough Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fairlough occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fairlough? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fairlough is the 5,587,209th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of Fairlough live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 33 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Leicestershire, where 75 percent live and Greater London, where 25 percent live. Outside of England this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Fairlough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fairlough has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Fairlough surname rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fairelough958/
Farlough94156/
Fairlugh940/
Farrlough890/
Farlogh883/
Ferlough820/
Farlug801/
Fairleigh78356/
Fourlough781/
Fairliegh780/
Firloux751/
Frelugh750/
Farleigh71636/
Farliegh7110/
Fairlook711/
Ferlaugh710/
Firluk6716/
Firlag676/
Farluk671/
Farlag671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fairlough
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