Surname Hairston (Hairston 
) , in the entire world, is a common last name. The surname Hairston is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, where it is a rare surname, and Canada. In absolute terms, it is commonest in the United States, Canada, and Italy.
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| Hairston | Italy, United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada |
| robert hairston Colonial American planter, politician, and military officer, GB (b. 1717) |
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| george hairston (1750-1825) (b. 1750) |
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| peter wilson hairston Tobacco planter, merchant, and Confederate Army soldier (b. 1819) |
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happy hairston basketball player (1942-2001), US (b. 1942) |
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| jester hairston Composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor (1901-2000), US (b. 1901) |
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jerry hairston, sr. former Major League Baseball player, US (b. 1952) |
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carl hairston American football player, US (b. 1952) |
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leslie hairston American politician, US (b. 1961) |
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| napoleon hairston American baseball player, US (b. 1912) |
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| nelson hairston American ecologist (1917-2008), US (b. 1917) |
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stacey hairston American and Canadian football player, US (b. 1967) |
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| otis l. hairston sr. Pastor and American Civil Rights Activist, US (b. 1918) |
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| brother will hairston American singer, US (b. 1919) |
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| sam hairston American baseball player, US (b. 1920) |
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| harold hairston American baseball player, US (b. 1922) |
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