Fairbairn is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fairbairn
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: Same as Fairchild meaning a fair, handsome bairn or child

How popular is Fairbairn?

Fairbairn is common in Canada.

Fairbairn is ranked 47120 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fairbairn bearers increased by 4.126984 per cent in 2010 US census to 1312 since 2000, the surname slipped by 499 spots and ranked at 20274. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.77 94.21
Fairbairn is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 10169 people have been found who wears Fairbairn as their family name. Fairbairn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
918,840 India5
78,945 Argentina3
14,078 Japan3
6,270 Hong Kong3
723,167 Indonesia2
31,767 Greece2
6,900 Oman2
1,834 Malta2
26,123 Malaysia2
1,118 Isle of Man2
531 Greenland1
30,360 Thailand1
10,683 Cyprus1
7,292 Vietnam1
1,572 Macau1
14,373 Jordan1
3,350 Fiji1
66,560 Philippines1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
113 Falkland Islands1
2,613 The Bahamas1
53,505 Turkey1
492,292 Ukraine1
17,575 Kuwait1
81,201 Switzerland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,873 Ireland44
46,461 Netherlands40
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
80,267 Kazakhstan24
5,067 Trinidad and Tobago22
50,826 Zimbabwe19
15,050 Singapore18
4,313 Guyana17
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
5,257 Wales68
Countries with hundreds of Fairbairn:
913 Scotland899
7,365 South Africa877
1,849 New Zealand407
56,243 Brazil175
59,024 Germany168
1,763 Northern Ireland143
Countries with thousands of Fairbairn:
2,609 England3,022
18,999 United States1,705
2,566 Australia1,211
4,076 Canada1,119
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Fairbairn was 19 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 12, 1849 with Workman Walter Fairbairn. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Pursuit from Glasgow.

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The origin of the name is Indo-European etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of Latin ferrum and olla suffix that means: where is exploited / iron works.

Fairbairn Namesakes

  • Ronald Fairbairn, Psychoanalyst
  • Bill Fairbairn, Ice hockey right wing
  • John Fairbairn, Educator
  • Bethan Fairbairn, Actor
  • Bruce Fairbairn, Musician
  • George Eric Fairbairn, Olympic athlete
  • Ka'imi Fairbairn, Football player
  • Bruce Fairbairn, Musician
  • Andrew Fairbairn, Politician
  • Bruce Fairbairn, Musician

Fairbairn Namesakes

  • Ronald Fairbairn, Psychoanalyst
  • Bill Fairbairn, Ice hockey right wing
  • John Fairbairn, Educator
  • Bethan Fairbairn, Actor
  • Bruce Fairbairn, Musician
  • George Eric Fairbairn, Olympic athlete
  • Ka'imi Fairbairn, Football player
  • Bruce Fairbairn, Musician
  • Andrew Fairbairn, Politician
  • Bruce Fairbairn, Musician

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