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Fairfax

in West Virginia

There are 24 people with the last name "Fairfax" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Fairfax 6,257
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  1. is 6,253rd most common Dunmire
  2. is 6,254th most common Eanes
  3. is 6,255th most common Eby
  4. is 6,256th most common Eisentrout
  5. is 6,257th most common Fairfax
  6. is 6,258th most common Fama
  7. is 6,259th most common Fellure
  8. is 6,260th most common Fine
  9. is 6,261st most common Flemming

Most Common First Names for Fairfax

Dorothy, Sonja, Thomasina, Bill, Christine, Connie, Deborah, Deloris, Donavon, Harlan

Meaning & History

English: nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Middle English fair feax ‘beautiful tresses’. This was a common descriptive phrase in Middle English; the alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight refers to ‘fair fanning fax’ encircling the shoulders of the doughty warrior.

FOREBEARS Thomas Fairfax (1693–1781), an army officer from Leeds Castle, Kent, England, first came to VA in 1735 and settled on maternal estates there as a proprietor in 1747.

Recent Searches for "Fairfax" in West Virginia

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Dorothy Fairfax, WV (4 searches)
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