Fairclough
English
Alternative forms
- Faircloth
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Middle English fayr (“fair, beautiful”) + clough (“narrow valley, ravine”).
Proper noun
Fairclough (plural Faircloughs)
- A surname from Middle English.
Derived terms
- Faircloughian
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fairclough is the 23881st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1057 individuals. Fairclough is most common among White (60.55%) and Black/African American (32.45%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fairclough”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.