Fairhurst

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire, from Old English fæġer (“fair, beautiful”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

Proper noun

Fairhurst (plural Fairhursts)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fairhurst is the 27556^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 874 individuals. Fairhurst is most common among White (88.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fairhurst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.