| Antrim: | 1 | Armagh: | 1 | Cavan: | 1 | Clare: | 1 |
| Cork: | 3 | Donegal: | 1 | Dublin: | 2 | Dublin city: | 4 |
| Fermanagh: | 4 | Galway: | 7 | Kilkenny: | 2 | Limerick: | 4 |
| Mayo: | 1 | Monaghan: | 5 | Roscommon: | 1 | Tipperary: | 3 |
| Tyrone: | 4 | Wexford: | 2 | Wicklow: | 1 |
| Fair | fairly rare: Mayo-Galway etc. A translation of the Ir. fionn (fair) which had supplanted the original surname. There is a cognate English name, Fair & Phair, which probably accounts for most of those in E Ulster, however SGA gives Mac Fhinn. |
| Fionn | : Fair, Phair: líon beag: scaipthe: tá Fair i Maigh Eo-Gaillimh agus Phair in Aontroim. |
| Phair | mod.nos: scattered. Ir. Mac Fhinn, finn, fair. This name may also be English, "fair, handsome". SGA, DBS. |
Parishes where Phayre and a second surname are found together
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