Fairness Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Fairness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fairness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:2,422,52489,093

Fairness (149) may also be a first name.

Fairness Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fairness is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fairness? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Fairness are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 754,880th most numerous first name globally, borne by 149 people.

This surname is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 2,422,524. In England Fairness is most common in: Northumberland, where 78 percent live, Tyne and Wear, where 13 percent live and Durham, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farness93221/
Firness931/
Fairnes931/
Farrness881/
Fairneys880/
Farnes861,563/
Fairne866/
Farnese80948/
Fairnie80314/
Fairney80111/
Varness80100/
Firnges8091/
Firneis8044/
Farniss8033/
Farnest8027/
Ferness8020/
Firniss808/
Farneis804/
Firnesz803/
Farnesh802/
Fairene801/
Fyrness801/
Farnees801/
Fearnes800/
Farne772,395/
Firne776/
Fajarnes75144/
Fourness7597/
Pharness7529/
Firneisz7516/
Vierness753/
Fuerness753/
Faihrney751/
Farnaiss751/
Varnness750/
Farnisse750/
Farner713,079/
Farney712,259/
Varnes711,963/
Frenes71545/
Fearne71329/
Virnes71279/
Farnet71247/
Farnie71195/
Fernes71181/
Farned71119/
Firner71100/
Farnea7198/
Firnys7128/
Farnis7124/
Firnis7122/
Farnez7119/
Faurennes7117/
Fahrne7111/
Firnei717/
Farnés716/
Firnie712/
Faarne712/
Firnge712/
Firney711/
Farnee711/
Fayrne711/
Fairna711/
Farneu711/
Fargne711/
Farnei711/
Fairny711/
Farnne711/
Firneh711/
Farrne710/
Viernes6726,705/
Fahrney67779/
Fournes67595/
Farnish67237/
Farhner6774/
Pfarner6767/
Farnett6765/
Fearney6762/
Verness6758/
Fernets6735/
Firnett6720/
Fernges6718/
Fajarne679/
Pharnes678/
Veirnes677/
Fernest676/
Vaarnes676/
Ferneus675/
Farhney674/
Farnois674/
Ferniss674/
Farneah674/
Farneha674/
Varnnes673/
Farrner673/
Farnais673/
Farnedz673/
Fayrene672/
Farrney672/
Fernies672/
Farnieh672/
Frenesh672/
Varneis672/
Farnezz672/
Fierney671/
Firnissová671/
Faurner671/
Fajirna671/
Varneus671/
Varniss671/
Varnies671/
Virnies671/
Farnèse671/
Farenne671/
Frenese671/
Farinne671/
Firnney670/
Fearnis670/
Fargner670/
Feirney670/
Fergnes670/
Faurney670/
Farhnet670/
Faernea670/
Farneer670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Fairness
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