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)

1. A surname from Middle English.

Derived terms

• Faircloughian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fairclough is the 23881^st 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.