How common is the last name Fair?

17,628 people in the United States have the last name Fair, about 1 in 16,956. It ranks #2,002 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FAIR

#2,002

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,628
About
1 in 16,956
This common or more
47.8%
Who bears it

Of the 17,628 people with the last name Fair, 62.6% reported their origin as White, 28.6% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Fair

#2,000 Montero · 17,639#2,001 Rizzo · 17,631#2,003 Locklear · 17,618#2,004 Laird · 17,617

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fair, most common first.

#1,829 Farr · 19,233#41,707 Fahr · 562#61,280 Far · 354#70,358 Faur · 300#87,947 Faire · 227

Also a first name

As a first name, Fair ranks #48,685 of 53,615, with 130 people. See Fair as a first name

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