Fairfax is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fairfax
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: Fair hair from Faex meaning hair

How popular is Fairfax?

Fairfax is common in United States.

Fairfax is ranked 130883 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fairfax bearers increased by 3.140265 per cent in 2010 US census to 1478 since 2000, the surname slipped by 652 spots and ranked at 18622. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 51.42 52.2
Black 42.29 43.27
Hispanic or Latino 2.98 2.16
Others 2.5 1.81
Fairfax is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in British Virgin Islands. Around 3000 people have been found who wears Fairfax as their family name. Fairfax is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
5,630 Northern Ireland2
18,718 Thailand2
1,118 Isle of Man2
131,225 Spain2
897,276 Russia1
107,212 South Africa1
7,292 Vietnam1
24,421 Slovakia1
799 British Virgin Islands1
49,101 Denmark1
7,847 Albania1
3,350 Fiji1
25,746 Finland1
277,603 France1
17,236 Ghana1
31,207 Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
12,745 Luxembourg1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Fairfax:
8,407 England790
12,720 Australia215
23,922 Canada146
Countries with thousands of Fairfax:
18,838 United States1,721
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Fairfax Namesakes

  • John Fairfax, Poet
  • Thomas Fairfax, Political leader
  • C. G. Fairfax Channing, Author
  • Thomas Fairfax, Political leader
  • Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Lord Fairfax of Cameron
  • Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Politician
  • Kaarin Fairfax, Actress
  • Nadia Fairfax, Film actress
  • Marion Fairfax, Screenwriter
  • William Fairfax, Politician

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