Fairhurst Family History
Fairhurst Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from a hamlet near Parbold,
not far from Wigan, so named from Old English fæger
‘beautiful’ + hyrst ‘wooded hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Fairhurst Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fairhurst families
 8 - 14  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Fairhurst families
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1,150 - 2,298 384 - 1,149 |
1 - 383 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fairhurst families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Fairhurst Family Origin
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