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Fair Name Meaning

English: nickname meaning ‘handsome’, ‘beautiful’, ‘fair’, Middle English fair, fayr, Old English fæger. The word was also occasionally used as a personal name in Middle English, applied to both men and women. Irish: translation of Gaelic fionn ‘fair’, which Woulfe describes as ‘a descriptive epithet that supplanted the real surname’, or a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac F(h)inn, a variant of Mag Fhinn (see McGinn).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Farr, Fail, Hain, Cain, Hair, Fait, Faix, Mair, Fain, Nair

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Fair Family Origin

Where is the Fair family from?

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You can see how Fair families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Fair family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Fair families were found in the USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 188 Fair families living in London. This was about 32% of all the recorded Fair's in the UK. London had the highest population of Fair families in 1891.
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Fair Family Occupations

What did your Fair ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Private Means and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the UK named Fair. 14% of Fair men worked as a Private Means and 72% of Fair women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Fair were Sheet Metal Worker and Housewife

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Top Male Occupations in 1939

  • Private Means
    14%
  • General Labourer
    14%
  • Carpenter
    14%
  • Sheet Metal Worker
    7%

Top Female Occupations in 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    72%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    5%
  • Private Means
    3%
  • Housewife
    3%

*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Fair Historical Records

What Fair family records will you find?

Census Record

There are 95,000 census records available for the last name Fair. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Fair census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger List

There are 8,000 immigration records available for the last name Fair. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Card

There are 26,000 military records available for the last name Fair. For the veterans among your Fair ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Fair Life Expectancy

What is the average Fair lifespan?

Between 1941 and 2004, in the United States, Fair life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1945, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Fair in 1941 was 32, and 71 in 2004.

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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Fair ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more.

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