Fairman is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fairman
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The is the form of Firman. Either fireman, or ferd-mon, Anglo-Saxon, a soldier.

Surname is the variation of Ferryman. The occupation - a very important one in old times when bridges were few.

1. A huckster, or attender at fairs. 2. (Anglo-Saxon faran, to go). A messenger. The Hundred Rolls present the variations Fareman, Feirman, Fayrman.

The variant form of the Fireman. The occupation.

How popular is Fairman?

Fairman is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa.

Fairman is ranked 83649 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fairman bearers increased by 6.74 per cent in 2010 US census to 2470 since 2000, the surname slipped by 217 spots and ranked at 12541. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.45 80.21
Black 15.99 15.51
Hispanic or Latino 3.08 2.29
Others 2.71 1.04
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.24 0.43
Fairman is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 5784 people have been found who wears Fairman as their family name. Fairman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fairman:
11,940 United States3,313
5,979 England1,169
Countries with hundreds of Fairman:
7,370 Australia443
11,244 Canada354
1,897 Jamaica126
38,892 South Africa116
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,084 Ireland52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,147 Scotland50
7,411 Wales34
30,321 Israel23
7,751 Northern Ireland13
16,126 Ecuador13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
350,626 Brazil10
684,495 India9
34,598 New Zealand8
305,602 Germany7

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Fairman was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on August 15, 1849 with Workwoman Eliza Fairman. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took El Dorado from Londonderry.

From Germany

28 years old carpenter John Fairman who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on March 21, 1882 by Amsterdam put out from Rotterdam.

Fairman Namesakes

  • Paul W. Fairman, editor and writer
  • Simon Fairman, of West Stafford, Connecticut
  • Jack Fairman, British racing driver from England
  • Christopher M. Fairman, professor of law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty

Fairman Namesakes

  • Paul W. Fairman, editor and writer
  • Simon Fairman, of West Stafford, Connecticut
  • Jack Fairman, British racing driver from England
  • Christopher M. Fairman, professor of law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty

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