Fairplay Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Fairplay Surname Definition:

FAIRPLAY: From fairness in sport or combat. So Playfair.

Fairplay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Wales51:618,90625,852
England41:13,929,515290,718
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Fairplay Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

FAIRPLAY: From fairness in sport or combat. So Playfair.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Fairplay Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fairplay is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fairplay? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Fairplay occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Fairplay live; 33 percent live in Northern Europe and 30 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States Fairplay is most frequent in: Florida, where 33 percent are found, New York, where 22 percent are found and Ohio, where 22 percent are found. Aside from The United States Fairplay exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 15 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

Fairplay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fairplay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fairplay surname increased 450 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farply860/
Farphly801/
Farpley800/
Farpella7568/
Varpla712/
Varply711/
Varplah6767/
Varpley671/
Farplee670/
Varpliah637/
Varpleh531/
Varpilli501/

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Footnotes

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