Fairhurst
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire, from Old English fæġer (“fair, beautiful”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).
Proper noun[edit]
Fairhurst (plural Fairhursts)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fairhurst is the 27556th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 874 individuals. Fairhurst is most common among White (88.22%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fairhurst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.