Fairston Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Fairston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fairston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fairston Last Name Facts

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

Fairston occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fairston click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fairston? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fairston is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Fairston is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Fairston are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England it is mostly found in: West Sussex, where 83 percent live and Surrey, where 17 percent live. Apart from England Fairston occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live.

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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 Fairston
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