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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.